Title

Academic Achievement Among Immigrant and U.S.-Born Latino Adolescents: Associations With Cultural, Family, And Acculturation Factors

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-14-2014

Organizational Units

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology

Abstract

This study examined proximal risk and protective factors that contribute to academic achievement among 130 Latino students. Participating students were 56.2% female and 35.3% foreign‐born (mean age = 11.38, standard deviation = .59). Acculturative stress, immigrant status, child gender, parental monitoring, traditional cultural values, mainstream values, and English language proficiency were explored in relation to academic achievement. Higher levels of parental monitoring, English language proficiency, and female gender were associated with higher grades, while mainstream values were associated with lower grades. In addition, a significant interaction between acculturative stress and immigrant status was found, such that higher acculturative stress was related to poorer grades for U.S.‐born students in particular. Thus, parental monitoring and female gender are potential protective factors, while identification with mainstream values and low English language proficiency are risk factors for poor grades. U.S.‐born students may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of acculturative stress.

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