title: Competence under challenge: exploring the protective influence of parental support and ethnic identity in Latino college students.
abstract: This longitudinal study examined the protective influence of psychological and family factors on academic achievement in 123 Latino college (101 Mexican American, 14 Central American, 8 mixed Mexican/Central American) students. Three cultural resources--ethnic identity, family interdependence, and parental support--were hypothesized as protective factors that modify the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage in a positive direction. The pattern of findings suggests that Latino students with greater psychological and family resources evidence greater academic achievement. After covarying between-person differences in gender and generational status, both ethnic identity and parental support moderated the effects of low socioeconomic status on academic achievement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development, G77 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401, USA. aong@nd.edu
authors.forename: Anthony D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: Jean S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Phinney
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dennis
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*