Approaching research question: through the specific lens of latinx adolescents/ late adolescents (early adulthood) how does acculturation (thus acculturative stressors) impact ones socio-emotional, well being, thus identity?
Buckingham, S. L., & Suarez-Pedraza, M. C. (2019). “It has cost me a lot to adapt to here”: The divergence of real acculturation from ideal acculturation impacts Latinx immigrants’ psychosocial wellbeing. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 89(4), 406–419.
Through the process of acculturation, how immigrants change and maintain their culture are drastically realigned. This study sought to understand the relation between acculturation and wellbeing through a person-environment fit lens; essentially, if immigrants acculturate (with less stress) in ways that ways they prefer, is there any drastic self-reporting difference in ones well being? Through path analyses and constructivist grounded theory methods. (still unclear of what this is, Vygotsky? Piaget?) Results indicated if Latinx immigrants can acculturate in the ways they prefer, the better their wellbeing is reported. This research suggests that practitioners and policymakers should consider ways to support immigrants to acculturate in the ways they desire as opposed to solely focusing their efforts on particular acculturation strategies.
Cammarota, J.J., Moll, L.C., Gonzalez, M., & Cannella, C.M. (2012). Sociocultural Perspectives on Interpersonal Relationships in Schools.
The purpose of this piece is to identify Latinx adolescence alienation in an acculturated education system. A proposal to solve this is to find others in similar situations and unite together; These groups exemplifies how peer groups can overcome structural challenges to learning. Through creating “new capital” Regardless of formal academic success, all of the A.N.A. (Accommodate not assimilate) students are supported in their efforts at school achievement through a social network that was based in spite of their cultural identities
Flores, R. Q., Morgan, P., Rivera, L., & Clark, C. (2019). Latinx Family Engagement in Schools and Surrounding Communities: Assessing the Impact of Parent (and Other Family Member) Development on Improving Student Educational Outcomes at Gene Ward Elementary School. Education Sciences, 9(2), 149.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between involvement in community life and commitment to educational advancement. In the study, they investigated more than 500 latinx recipients, and their relationship between family, and student academic achievement (measured through a students attendance, homework completion rates, and overall grades). The study concluded that the relationship between the two is far more reciprocally complex than typically acknowledged.
