Martica L Bacallao
Biographic Data
| ID | 126538 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martica L Bacallao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martica L |
| FAMILY NAME | Bacallao |
| SIGNATURE | BACALLAO M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | b University of North Carolina , Greensboro, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 288 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The Effects of Positive and Negative Parenting Practices on Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes in a Multicultural Sample of Rural Youth
Obstacles to Getting Ahead
This study explores the roles played by U.S. schools, workplaces, churches, and peers in the acculturation process of immigrant adolescents. Qualitative interviews were conducted with members of 10 undocumented Mexican families (12 adolescents and 14 of their parents) who had immigrated within the past 7 years. Results indicated that assimilation was prompted by two powerful mechanisms: monolingualism and discrimination. Monolingualism and discri…
Acculturation and Adolescent Health
Entre Dos Mundos/Between Two Worlds
Acculturation and Adjustment in Latino Adolescents
Acculturation and Latino Family Processes
This study investigated how adolescent and parent acculturation (culture‐of‐origin and U.S. cultural involvement, biculturalism, acculturation conflicts, and parent‐adolescent acculturation gaps) influenced family dynamics (family cohesion, adaptability, familism, and parent‐adolescent conflict) in a sample of 402 Latino families from North Carolina and Arizona. Multiple regression and hierarchical linear models suggested that culture‐of‐origin i…
Acculturation Risk and Protective Factors and Mental Health Symptoms in Immigrant Latino Adolescents
The aim of this investigation was to map factors that predicted internalizing, externalizing, social, and total behavioral problems in immigrant Latino adolescents. Interviews were conducted with 100 foreign-born Latino adolescents. Multiple regression analyses revealed two risk factors, perceived discrimination and parent-adolescent conflict, which were significant predictors of adolescent internalizing, externalizing, and total problems. Intera…
Acculturation and Aggression in Latino Adolescents
The Costs of Getting Ahead
This study explored how immigration influenced Mexican family relationships. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 12 adolescents and 14 parents from 10 undocumented Mexican families. Participants immigrated to North Carolina within the past 7 years. A conceptual model derived from the data using grounded theory methods suggested that, after immigration, parents had less time to spend with children because of demanding new jobs and mothers e…
Acculturation, Internalizing Mental Health Symptoms, and Self-Esteem
School-Based Skills Training to Prevent Aggressive Behavior and Peer Rejection in Childhood
Acculturation and Latino Family Processes
This study investigated how adolescent and parent acculturation (culture‐of‐origin and U.S. cultural involvement, biculturalism, acculturation conflicts, and parent‐adolescent acculturation gaps) influenced family dynamics (family cohesion, adaptability, familism, and parent‐adolescent conflict) in a sample of 402 Latino families from North Carolina and Arizona. Multiple regression and hierarchical linear models suggested that culture‐of‐origin i…
The Costs of Getting Ahead
This study explored how immigration influenced Mexican family relationships. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 12 adolescents and 14 parents from 10 undocumented Mexican families. Participants immigrated to North Carolina within the past 7 years. A conceptual model derived from the data using grounded theory methods suggested that, after immigration, parents had less time to spend with children because of demanding new jobs and mothers e…
Acculturation, Internalizing Mental Health Symptoms, and Self-Esteem
Acculturation and Adjustment in Latino Adolescents
Entre Dos Mundos/Between Two Worlds
Obstacles to Getting Ahead
This study explores the roles played by U.S. schools, workplaces, churches, and peers in the acculturation process of immigrant adolescents. Qualitative interviews were conducted with members of 10 undocumented Mexican families (12 adolescents and 14 of their parents) who had immigrated within the past 7 years. Results indicated that assimilation was prompted by two powerful mechanisms: monolingualism and discrimination. Monolingualism and discri…
Acculturation Risk and Protective Factors and Mental Health Symptoms in Immigrant Latino Adolescents
The aim of this investigation was to map factors that predicted internalizing, externalizing, social, and total behavioral problems in immigrant Latino adolescents. Interviews were conducted with 100 foreign-born Latino adolescents. Multiple regression analyses revealed two risk factors, perceived discrimination and parent-adolescent conflict, which were significant predictors of adolescent internalizing, externalizing, and total problems. Intera…
School-Based Skills Training to Prevent Aggressive Behavior and Peer Rejection in Childhood
Acculturation and Aggression in Latino Adolescents
The Costs of Getting Ahead
This study explored how immigration influenced Mexican family relationships. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 12 adolescents and 14 parents from 10 undocumented Mexican families. Participants immigrated to North Carolina within the past 7 years. A conceptual model derived from the data using grounded theory methods suggested that, after immigration, parents had less time to spend with children because of demanding new jobs and mothers e…
Acculturation, Internalizing Mental Health Symptoms, and Self-Esteem
Acculturation Risk and Protective Factors and Mental Health Symptoms in Immigrant Latino Adolescents
The aim of this investigation was to map factors that predicted internalizing, externalizing, social, and total behavioral problems in immigrant Latino adolescents. Interviews were conducted with 100 foreign-born Latino adolescents. Multiple regression analyses revealed two risk factors, perceived discrimination and parent-adolescent conflict, which were significant predictors of adolescent internalizing, externalizing, and total problems. Intera…
Acculturation and Latino Family Processes
This study investigated how adolescent and parent acculturation (culture‐of‐origin and U.S. cultural involvement, biculturalism, acculturation conflicts, and parent‐adolescent acculturation gaps) influenced family dynamics (family cohesion, adaptability, familism, and parent‐adolescent conflict) in a sample of 402 Latino families from North Carolina and Arizona. Multiple regression and hierarchical linear models suggested that culture‐of‐origin i…
Acculturation and Adolescent Health
Entre Dos Mundos/Between Two Worlds
Acculturation and Adjustment in Latino Adolescents
Obstacles to Getting Ahead
This study explores the roles played by U.S. schools, workplaces, churches, and peers in the acculturation process of immigrant adolescents. Qualitative interviews were conducted with members of 10 undocumented Mexican families (12 adolescents and 14 of their parents) who had immigrated within the past 7 years. Results indicated that assimilation was prompted by two powerful mechanisms: monolingualism and discrimination. Monolingualism and discri…
The Effects of Positive and Negative Parenting Practices on Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes in a Multicultural Sample of Rural Youth
Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Acculturation (9 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Ethnic group (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)