TY - JOUR
T1 - Latino Acculturation and Perceived Educational Achievement
T2 - Evidence for a Bidimensional Model of Acculturation among Mexican-American Children
AU - Kim, Yoon Mi
AU - Newhill, Christina
AU - López, Francesca
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Considerable attention has been paid to the educational fate of Latino children and youths due to mounting evidence that their educational progress has been stagnant. This study investigates the effect of acculturation on perceived educational achievement among Mexican-American children, employing bidimensional acculturation theory to help explain acculturation patterns as related to both ethnic and mainstream identities. Using a sample of 294 Mexican-American children, five acculturation patterns were identified using cluster analysis. We found that the separated group of children had significantly higher educational achievement than the highly assimilated group. The study asserts that the segregated acculturation pattern can be protective for educational achievement of Mexican-American children within ethnically segregated environmental contexts.
AB - Considerable attention has been paid to the educational fate of Latino children and youths due to mounting evidence that their educational progress has been stagnant. This study investigates the effect of acculturation on perceived educational achievement among Mexican-American children, employing bidimensional acculturation theory to help explain acculturation patterns as related to both ethnic and mainstream identities. Using a sample of 294 Mexican-American children, five acculturation patterns were identified using cluster analysis. We found that the separated group of children had significantly higher educational achievement than the highly assimilated group. The study asserts that the segregated acculturation pattern can be protective for educational achievement of Mexican-American children within ethnically segregated environmental contexts.
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U2 - 10.1080/10911359.2012.739531
DO - 10.1080/10911359.2012.739531
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84872397906
SN - 1091-1359
VL - 23
SP - 37
EP - 52
JO - Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
JF - Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
IS - 1
ER -