University Environment as a Mediator of Latino Ethnic Identity and Persistence Attitudes

Autor/inn/en	Castillo, Linda G.; Conoley, Collie W.; Choi-Pearson, Catherine; Archuleta, Debra J.; Phoummarath, Marion J.; Van Landingham, Alisa
Titel	University Environment as a Mediator of Latino Ethnic Identity and Persistence Attitudes
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53 (2006) 2, S.267-271 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
Schlagwörter	Academic Persistence; Hispanic American Students; College Environment; Racial Identification; College Students; Student Attitudes; Hypothesis Testing; Ethnicity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hochschulumwelt; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Ethnizität
Abstract	The authors examined whether the perception of the university environment mediated the relationship between ethnic identity and persistence attitudes of Latino college students. Participants were 175 Latino college students who attended a primarily White university. The results supported the hypothesized mediating role of the university environment. Higher Latino ethnic identity was associated with perceiving a more negative university environment and feeling less committed to finishing college. In turn, perception of a negative college environment was associated with feeling less committed to finishing college. When perception of the university environment was removed, no significant relationship was found between ethnic identity and persistence attitudes, indicating that it is the perceived context that influences Latino college students' persistence attitudes. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10