Too latino and not latino enough: The role of ethnicity-related stressors on latino college students' life satisfaction

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-28

  Ojeda, Lizette ^a   Navarro, Rachel L ^b   Meza, Rocío Rosales ^c   Arbona, Consuelo ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; discrimination; Latinos; life satisfaction; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858674814     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: 15525716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192711435553     Document Type: Article

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