The Role of Racial Discrimination in the Economic Value of Education Among Urban, Low-Income Latina/o Youth: Ethnic Identity and Gender as Moderators

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Mroczkowski, Alison L ^a   Sánchez, Bernadette ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Economic value of education; Ethnic identity; Gender; Latina o youth; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUERTO RICO; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUERTO RICO; RACISM; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84937973175     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-015-9728-9     Document Type: Article

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