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Concha, Maritza; Sanchez, Mariana; de la Rosa, Mario; Villar, María Elena – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2013
This study uses social capital to assess the effects of social support on acculturation-related stress among recently immigrated Hispanics in South Florida before and after immigration. At baseline ("N" = 527), first 12 months in the United States, acculturative stress was negatively related to support from friends ("p" <…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Social Capital, Hispanic Americans, Acculturation
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Alfaro, Edna C.; Umana-Taylor, Adriana J. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2010
Guided by an ecological perspective, two competing models were tested to examine how sibling relationship quality directly predicted or interacted with academic support from siblings to predict Latino adolescents' academic motivation (N = 258). Gender differences were examined utilizing multiple group analysis in structural equation modeling.…
Descriptors: Siblings, Predictor Variables, Structural Equation Models, Student Motivation