Ethnic Identity and Gender as Moderators of the Association between Discrimination and Academic Adjustment among Mexican-Origin Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Umana-Taylor, Adriana J.; Wong, Jessie J.; Gonzales, Nancy A.; Dumka, Larry E.
Titel	Ethnic Identity and Gender as Moderators of the Association between Discrimination and Academic Adjustment among Mexican-Origin Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 35 (2012) 4, S.773-786 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.11.003
Schlagwörter	Grade Point Average; Risk; Adolescents; Racial Discrimination; Ethnicity; Mexican Americans; Self Concept; Outcomes of Education; Behavior Problems; Student Adjustment; Academic Achievement; Longitudinal Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risiko; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Racial bias; Rassismus; Ethnizität; Hispanoamerikaner; Selbstkonzept; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Schulleistung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Existing work has identified perceived discrimination as a risk factor that may contribute to the relatively poorer academic outcomes exhibited by Mexican-origin adolescents in the U.S. The current study examined the longitudinal associations among perceived discrimination and three indices of adolescent adjustment in the school setting (i.e., grade point average, teacher reports of externalizing, adolescents' deviant peer associations) among 178 Mexican-origin adolescents (53% female). Ethnic identity affirmation was examined as a protective factor expected to reduce the negative effects of discrimination on adolescents' adjustment, and gender was examined as a potential moderator of the associations of interest. Findings indicated that the deleterious effects of discrimination on adolescents' adjustment in school were particularly salient for Mexican-origin male adolescents. Importantly, ethnic identity affirmation emerged as a protective factor for Mexican-origin male adolescents by buffering the negative effects of discrimination on their externalizing behaviors in school. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10