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Who plays a greater supportive role for Latino college students

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ID8085756
AuthorsNorma Rodríguez (0000-0003-0553-6659, Pitzer College, corresponding author), Consuelo Bingham Mira, Hector F Myers (California Department of Education), Julie Morris, Julie K Morris, Desdemona Cardoza
Year2003
Volume9
Issue3
Pages236-250
Publication date2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1099-9809 • E-ISSN: 1939-0106
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037/1099-9809.9.3.236
PMID12971091
OpenAlexW2090381345
LanguageEN
Citations received70
References cited42

This study compared the relative contribution of perceived family and friend support to psychological well-being and distress and examined whether family or friend support moderated the effects of stress on psychological adjustment in 338 Latino (228 Mexican American, 110 Central American) college students from a predominantly Latino university. Two multiple regressions, controlling for gender, socioeconomic level, acculturation level, and stresses (generic college, acculturative, and minority status), showed that friend support made a slightly greater contribution to well-being than family support, and friend support and not family support protected against psychological distress. Neither family nor friend support moderated the effects of stress on psychological adjustment. Further examination of these variables that assess common-specific stresses within a culture-specific theoretical framework is recommended

Acculturation · Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Distress · Ethnic group · Family support · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Social support · Socioeconomic status · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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