title: The Role of Racial Discrimination in the Economic Value of Education Among Urban, Low-Income Latina/o Youth: Ethnic Identity and Gender as Moderators.
abstract: The present study used resilience theory to explore relationships among perceived racial discrimination, ethnic identity, gender, and economic value of education (EVE) among urban, low-income, Latina/o youth. It was expected that racial discrimination would predict poorer perceptions of the EVE among Latina/o adolescents. Ethnic identity was hypothesized to buffer the negative effect of racial discrimination on Latina/o students' EVE. The participants in this study were 396 urban, low-income Latina/o high school students from a large, Midwestern city who completed surveys in both 9th- and 10th-grade. Structural equation modeling was used to test the relationships among racial discrimination, ethnic identity, and EVE. Results supported a protective model of resilience. Specifically, ethnic identity served as a protective factor by buffering the negative effect of perceived racial discrimination on EVE for male participants. The present study is the first to examine ethnic identity as a buffer of racial discrimination on EVE among Latina/o high school students. Future directions and implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, DePaul University, 2219 N. Kenmore, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA, amroczk2@depaul.edu.
authors.forename: Alison L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Mroczkowski
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D004293:Dominican Republic / Q000208:ethnology; D004493:Education / Q000191:economics*; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006166:Guatemala / Q000208:ethnology; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D011203:Poverty; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D063505:Racism; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012737:Sex Factors; D012933:Social Identification; D014505:Urban Population