Asian American/European American and Latino/a/European American Multiracial Psychology Students in Higher Education: Academic Barriers, Academic Supports, Perceptions of Cultural Diversity, and Experiences

Autor/in	Smith, Tara D.
Titel	Asian American/European American and Latino/a/European American Multiracial Psychology Students in Higher Education: Academic Barriers, Academic Supports, Perceptions of Cultural Diversity, and Experiences
Quelle	(2010), (240 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-1242-2727-6
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Educational Needs; Cultural Pluralism; White Students; Identification (Psychology); Multiracial Persons; Graduate Students; Ethnicity; Asian American Students; Hispanic American Students; Surveys; Interviews; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Academic Achievement; Self Concept; Racial Identification; Disproportionate Representation; Barriers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Kulturpluralismus; Mischling; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Ethnizität; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Schüler; Schülerin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Schulleistung; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	Demographic trends suggest increasing numbers of multiple racial heritage students attending US campuses and universities, a change reflected within psychology. However, there is little empirical investigation into the educational needs of multiracials. The current project addressed this gap by utilizing quantitative survey and qualitative interview data from a recently conducted national study to explore the perceptions of multiracial undergraduate and graduate students within psychology. The focus of the current study was the comparison of Asian American/European American and Latino/a/European American multiracial students to their single heritage counterparts on several variables of interest--academic supports and barriers; linkage between barriers faced and ethnicity; perceived cultural diversity; and perceptions of the extent of cultural diversity related to satisfaction. Furthermore, exploratory differences in these variables related to multiracial self-identification and the variables of satisfaction, specialness and representation in psychology were examined. Both multiracial groups reported more of a link between academic barriers experienced and their ethnicity than European American students, but less of a link than their monoracial minority peers. Also, both multiracial groups were more likely to report that their ethnic group was not represented in psychology than fairly represented, compared to European American peers, but less likely to report this compared to their monoracial minority counterparts. The same pattern of findings existed for student's perceptions that psychology had something special to offer their ethnic group. In other cases, differences were not found between the multiracial groups and their monoracial counterparts, or between the two multiracial groups. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10