Acculturative Stress and Gang Involvement among Latinos: U.S.-Born versus Immigrant Youth

Autor/inn/en	Barrett, Alice N.; Kuperminc, Gabriel P.; Lewis, Kelly M.
Titel	Acculturative Stress and Gang Involvement among Latinos: U.S.-Born versus Immigrant Youth
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 35 (2013) 3, S.370-389 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986313488086
Schlagwörter	Acculturation; Stress Variables; Juvenile Gangs; Hispanic Americans; Immigrants; Middle School Students; Comparative Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Social Discrimination; Predictor Variables; Socioeconomic Influences; Delinquency; Low Income Groups; Questionnaires; Coding; Correlation; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Jugendbande; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Prädiktor; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Kriminalität; Fragebogen; Codierung; Programmierung; Korrelation
Abstract	Gang involvement is an increasing issue among Latino youth, yet nuanced research on its potential causes is scarce. Quantitative and qualitative data were used to explore links between acculturative stress and gang involvement among immigrant and U.S.-born Latino middle school students (N = 199). Regression analyses showed that U.S.-born youths were more likely to be gang-involved if they experienced discrimination stress, but less likely to be gang-involved if experiencing adaptation stress. Neither form of stress predicted gang involvement among immigrant youth; however, several reported economic inequality as a difference between themselves and Americans. Those reporting inequality were more likely to be gang-involved than those who did not. These findings suggest gang involvement may work differently for U.S.-born and immigrant Latinos. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10