Virginia Gonzalez
Biographic Data
| ID | 3983275 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Gonzalez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | Gonzalez |
| SIGNATURE | GONZALEZ V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cincinnati |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4817-3288 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
El vocativo con nombre propio en la conversación conflictiva de pareja
El objetivo de este artículo es determinar los valores del vocativo con nombre propio en la conversación conflictiva de parejas sentimentales. Se parte de la concepción de que los intercambios comunicativos conflictivos en la pareja son un reflejo lingüístico de sus dinámicas relacionales. Para realizar la asignación de valores del vocativo se ha utilizado un corpus de conversaciones espontáneas de cinco parejas. Los resultados de esta investigac…
Reading Strategies for Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Developmental language disorder (DLD) is considered a neurodevelopmental disorder that compromises language comprehension and/or expression and constitutes a risk factor for learning to read. The aim of the present study was to analyse the reading strategies used by students with DLD to read sentences. There is evidence in the literature that, when linguistic resources are insufficient, the keyword strategy (identifying some of the words in the s…
How Do Deaf Children With and Without Cochlear Implants Manage to Read Sentences: The Key Word Strategy
The aim of this study is to examine the mechanisms used by deaf children with and without cochlear implants (CIs) to read sentences and the linguistic bases (vocabulary and syntax) underlying those reading mechanisms. Previous studies have shown that deaf persons read sentences using the key word strategy (KWS), which consists of identifying some frequent content words and ignoring the function words. The present results show that deaf children, …
Alternative Multidimensional Models Explaining and Improving Academic Achievement in Latino Students
Our objective is to provide two multidimensional models (i.e., contextual-interaction and Ethnic Educator) including sociopolitical, socioeconomic, sociocultural, and sociohistorical factors explaining underachievement in Latinos. First, we critically discuss single-factor theories (i.e., deficit, resistance, social reproduction, cultural mismatch, and macrostructural constraints) explaining underachievement in Latinos. Then we examine Chicago as…
The Voices of Senior Scholars on Mentoring Graduate Students and Junior Scholars
Our objective is to document recommendations from senior scholars on effective strategies to mentor graduate students and junior faculty. Mentors' recommendations stated at a national symposium and follow-up interviews are discussed in relation to literature. General themes derived from mentors' recommendations indicate that characteristics of good mentors include (a) acting as role models for learning how to use coping strategies and to develop …
Profiles of Cognitive Developmental Performance in Gifted Children: Effect of Bilingualism, Monolingualism, and Socioeconomic Status Factors
This quasiexperimental research studies the effect of socioeconomic status (SES), language learning, and culture on gifted Hispanic children's performance in an alternative developmental scale (Qualitative Use of English and Spanish Tasks) of cognitive ability for generating developmental profiles. Results showthe effect of SES and language learning across linguistic and cultural factors, revealing developmental continuities and discontinuities. …
The Role of Socioeconomic and Sociocultural Factors in Language Minority Children's Development: An Ecological Research View
The purpose of this article is to critically review contemporary literature on external factors influencing language minority children's development. This article merges literature from separate modules, stemming from researchers within a developmental psychology and an ethnic minority perspective. The first section presents an overarching multidimensional model for understanding the importance of an ecological perspective to the study of develop…
Cultural Thinking and Discourse Organizational Patterns Influencing Writing Skills in a Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) Learner
Writing patterns of a Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learner were analyzed as a case study from linguistic, pragmatic, and psycholinguistic perspectives. Alternative assessments were used by American pre-service teachers and a Taiwanese EFL instructor for rating linguistic developmental problems referring to format, style, syntax, and grammar. In addition, researchers conducted deeper linguistic analyses of discourse organization and…
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: 2-Year Health Status and Health Care Utilization Outcomes
OBJECTIVES: To assess the 1- and 2-year health status, health care utilization and self-efficacy outcomes for the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP). The major hypothesis is that during the 2-year period CDSMP participants will experience improvements or less deterioration than expected in health status and reductions in health care utilization. DESIGN: Longitudinal design as follow-up to a randomized trial. SETTING: Community. PARTI…
Evidence Suggesting That a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Can Improve Health Status While Reducing Hospitalization: A Randomized Trial
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the effectiveness (changes in health behaviors, health status, and health service utilization) of a self-management program for chronic disease designed for use with a heterogeneous group of chronic disease patients. It also explored the differential effectiveness of the intervention for subjects with specific diseases and comorbidities. METHODS: The study was a six-month randomized, controlled trial at community-…
Community-Based Spanish Language Arthritis Education Program: A Randomized Trial
OBJECTIVES: To determine 4-month and 1-year health-related outcomes of a 6-week, lay-led, and community-based arthritis self-management program for Spanish-speaking participants and to determine the role of self-efficacy in predicting health status for this population. METHODS: Three hundred and thirty one subjects were randomized to the program or to a 4-month wait list control group. One hundred ninety eight subjects continued in a 1-year longi…
Outcome Measures for Health Education and Other Health Care Interventions
Introduction Conceptional Basis for the Chronic Disease Self-Management Study Construction of Measures of Behaviors, Self-Efficacy and Outcomes Tables Appendices Summary and Instructions
Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Testing-the-Limits When Assessing LEP Students: Results of a Nabe-Sponsored National Survey
The purpose of this NABE-sponsored national survey was to describe the relationship between practitioners’ and administrators’ attitudes and their practices when assessing LEP students. The survey constructed included 9 multiple-choice demographic questions, and 29 affirmative/negative and Likert-Scale questions measuring attitudinal and behavioral components. Exploratory first-and-second-order factor analyses, and one-way ANOVAS with the demogra…
Theoretical and Practical Implications of Assessing Cognitive and Language Development in Bilingual Children with Qualitative Methods
This study has the objective of using qualitative data to support theoretical and practical implications of important methodological problems affecting the assessment of bilingual children’s cognitive and language development. Three instruments were used for accurately identifying gifted students among seventeen Hispanic bilingual kindergartners (first, second, and third generation Mexican-Americans) from low socioeconomic backgrounds: (1) a Home…
From graduate student to ethnic researcher: A challenging journey
A Model of Cognitive, Cultural, and Linguistic Variables Affecting Bilingual Hispanic Children's Development of Concepts and Language
The objective of this study was to construct a model of cognitive, cultural, and linguistic variables influencing bilingual children 's verbal and nonverbal conceptual development. Subjects were 30 Hispanic children, aged 6 to 7, from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. For testing the model, five verbal and nonverbal classification tasks were administered in a counterbalanced order in Spanish and English using food and animal objects as stimuli. Task…
Initial Validation of a Scale Measuring Self-Efficacy of Breast Self-Examination among Low-Income Mexican American Women
This paper presents the initial validation of a bilingual (English/Spanish) scale designed to assess intensity of perceived self-efficacy for breast self-examination (BSE) among low-income Mexican American women. The validation and reliability analysis included the use of Cronbach's alpha, factor analysis, and correlations of the measure with knowledge of correct BSE procedure, current level of breast self-examination, and English language profic…
A Piece of Paper
The Role of Socioeconomic and Sociocultural Factors in Language Minority Children's Development: An Ecological Research View
The purpose of this article is to critically review contemporary literature on external factors influencing language minority children's development. This article merges literature from separate modules, stemming from researchers within a developmental psychology and an ethnic minority perspective. The first section presents an overarching multidimensional model for understanding the importance of an ecological perspective to the study of develop…
Initial Validation of a Scale Measuring Self-Efficacy of Breast Self-Examination among Low-Income Mexican American Women
This paper presents the initial validation of a bilingual (English/Spanish) scale designed to assess intensity of perceived self-efficacy for breast self-examination (BSE) among low-income Mexican American women. The validation and reliability analysis included the use of Cronbach's alpha, factor analysis, and correlations of the measure with knowledge of correct BSE procedure, current level of breast self-examination, and English language profic…
Theoretical and Practical Implications of Assessing Cognitive and Language Development in Bilingual Children with Qualitative Methods
This study has the objective of using qualitative data to support theoretical and practical implications of important methodological problems affecting the assessment of bilingual children’s cognitive and language development. Three instruments were used for accurately identifying gifted students among seventeen Hispanic bilingual kindergartners (first, second, and third generation Mexican-Americans) from low socioeconomic backgrounds: (1) a Home…
A Model of Cognitive, Cultural, and Linguistic Variables Affecting Bilingual Hispanic Children's Development of Concepts and Language
The objective of this study was to construct a model of cognitive, cultural, and linguistic variables influencing bilingual children 's verbal and nonverbal conceptual development. Subjects were 30 Hispanic children, aged 6 to 7, from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. For testing the model, five verbal and nonverbal classification tasks were administered in a counterbalanced order in Spanish and English using food and animal objects as stimuli. Task…
Alternative Multidimensional Models Explaining and Improving Academic Achievement in Latino Students
Our objective is to provide two multidimensional models (i.e., contextual-interaction and Ethnic Educator) including sociopolitical, socioeconomic, sociocultural, and sociohistorical factors explaining underachievement in Latinos. First, we critically discuss single-factor theories (i.e., deficit, resistance, social reproduction, cultural mismatch, and macrostructural constraints) explaining underachievement in Latinos. Then we examine Chicago as…
The Voices of Senior Scholars on Mentoring Graduate Students and Junior Scholars
Our objective is to document recommendations from senior scholars on effective strategies to mentor graduate students and junior faculty. Mentors' recommendations stated at a national symposium and follow-up interviews are discussed in relation to literature. General themes derived from mentors' recommendations indicate that characteristics of good mentors include (a) acting as role models for learning how to use coping strategies and to develop …
Cultural Thinking and Discourse Organizational Patterns Influencing Writing Skills in a Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) Learner
Writing patterns of a Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learner were analyzed as a case study from linguistic, pragmatic, and psycholinguistic perspectives. Alternative assessments were used by American pre-service teachers and a Taiwanese EFL instructor for rating linguistic developmental problems referring to format, style, syntax, and grammar. In addition, researchers conducted deeper linguistic analyses of discourse organization and…
A Piece of Paper
Initial Validation of a Scale Measuring Self-Efficacy of Breast Self-Examination among Low-Income Mexican American Women
This paper presents the initial validation of a bilingual (English/Spanish) scale designed to assess intensity of perceived self-efficacy for breast self-examination (BSE) among low-income Mexican American women. The validation and reliability analysis included the use of Cronbach's alpha, factor analysis, and correlations of the measure with knowledge of correct BSE procedure, current level of breast self-examination, and English language profic…
A Model of Cognitive, Cultural, and Linguistic Variables Affecting Bilingual Hispanic Children's Development of Concepts and Language
The objective of this study was to construct a model of cognitive, cultural, and linguistic variables influencing bilingual children 's verbal and nonverbal conceptual development. Subjects were 30 Hispanic children, aged 6 to 7, from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. For testing the model, five verbal and nonverbal classification tasks were administered in a counterbalanced order in Spanish and English using food and animal objects as stimuli. Task…
From graduate student to ethnic researcher: A challenging journey
Outcome Measures for Health Education and Other Health Care Interventions
Introduction Conceptional Basis for the Chronic Disease Self-Management Study Construction of Measures of Behaviors, Self-Efficacy and Outcomes Tables Appendices Summary and Instructions
Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Testing-the-Limits When Assessing LEP Students: Results of a Nabe-Sponsored National Survey
The purpose of this NABE-sponsored national survey was to describe the relationship between practitioners’ and administrators’ attitudes and their practices when assessing LEP students. The survey constructed included 9 multiple-choice demographic questions, and 29 affirmative/negative and Likert-Scale questions measuring attitudinal and behavioral components. Exploratory first-and-second-order factor analyses, and one-way ANOVAS with the demogra…
Theoretical and Practical Implications of Assessing Cognitive and Language Development in Bilingual Children with Qualitative Methods
This study has the objective of using qualitative data to support theoretical and practical implications of important methodological problems affecting the assessment of bilingual children’s cognitive and language development. Three instruments were used for accurately identifying gifted students among seventeen Hispanic bilingual kindergartners (first, second, and third generation Mexican-Americans) from low socioeconomic backgrounds: (1) a Home…
Evidence Suggesting That a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Can Improve Health Status While Reducing Hospitalization: A Randomized Trial
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the effectiveness (changes in health behaviors, health status, and health service utilization) of a self-management program for chronic disease designed for use with a heterogeneous group of chronic disease patients. It also explored the differential effectiveness of the intervention for subjects with specific diseases and comorbidities. METHODS: The study was a six-month randomized, controlled trial at community-…
Community-Based Spanish Language Arthritis Education Program: A Randomized Trial
OBJECTIVES: To determine 4-month and 1-year health-related outcomes of a 6-week, lay-led, and community-based arthritis self-management program for Spanish-speaking participants and to determine the role of self-efficacy in predicting health status for this population. METHODS: Three hundred and thirty one subjects were randomized to the program or to a 4-month wait list control group. One hundred ninety eight subjects continued in a 1-year longi…
The Role of Socioeconomic and Sociocultural Factors in Language Minority Children's Development: An Ecological Research View
The purpose of this article is to critically review contemporary literature on external factors influencing language minority children's development. This article merges literature from separate modules, stemming from researchers within a developmental psychology and an ethnic minority perspective. The first section presents an overarching multidimensional model for understanding the importance of an ecological perspective to the study of develop…
Cultural Thinking and Discourse Organizational Patterns Influencing Writing Skills in a Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) Learner
Writing patterns of a Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learner were analyzed as a case study from linguistic, pragmatic, and psycholinguistic perspectives. Alternative assessments were used by American pre-service teachers and a Taiwanese EFL instructor for rating linguistic developmental problems referring to format, style, syntax, and grammar. In addition, researchers conducted deeper linguistic analyses of discourse organization and…
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: 2-Year Health Status and Health Care Utilization Outcomes
OBJECTIVES: To assess the 1- and 2-year health status, health care utilization and self-efficacy outcomes for the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP). The major hypothesis is that during the 2-year period CDSMP participants will experience improvements or less deterioration than expected in health status and reductions in health care utilization. DESIGN: Longitudinal design as follow-up to a randomized trial. SETTING: Community. PARTI…
Profiles of Cognitive Developmental Performance in Gifted Children: Effect of Bilingualism, Monolingualism, and Socioeconomic Status Factors
This quasiexperimental research studies the effect of socioeconomic status (SES), language learning, and culture on gifted Hispanic children's performance in an alternative developmental scale (Qualitative Use of English and Spanish Tasks) of cognitive ability for generating developmental profiles. Results showthe effect of SES and language learning across linguistic and cultural factors, revealing developmental continuities and discontinuities. …
The Voices of Senior Scholars on Mentoring Graduate Students and Junior Scholars
Our objective is to document recommendations from senior scholars on effective strategies to mentor graduate students and junior faculty. Mentors' recommendations stated at a national symposium and follow-up interviews are discussed in relation to literature. General themes derived from mentors' recommendations indicate that characteristics of good mentors include (a) acting as role models for learning how to use coping strategies and to develop …
Alternative Multidimensional Models Explaining and Improving Academic Achievement in Latino Students
Our objective is to provide two multidimensional models (i.e., contextual-interaction and Ethnic Educator) including sociopolitical, socioeconomic, sociocultural, and sociohistorical factors explaining underachievement in Latinos. First, we critically discuss single-factor theories (i.e., deficit, resistance, social reproduction, cultural mismatch, and macrostructural constraints) explaining underachievement in Latinos. Then we examine Chicago as…
How Do Deaf Children With and Without Cochlear Implants Manage to Read Sentences: The Key Word Strategy
The aim of this study is to examine the mechanisms used by deaf children with and without cochlear implants (CIs) to read sentences and the linguistic bases (vocabulary and syntax) underlying those reading mechanisms. Previous studies have shown that deaf persons read sentences using the key word strategy (KWS), which consists of identifying some frequent content words and ignoring the function words. The present results show that deaf children, …
Reading Strategies for Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Developmental language disorder (DLD) is considered a neurodevelopmental disorder that compromises language comprehension and/or expression and constitutes a risk factor for learning to read. The aim of the present study was to analyse the reading strategies used by students with DLD to read sentences. There is evidence in the literature that, when linguistic resources are insufficient, the keyword strategy (identifying some of the words in the s…
El vocativo con nombre propio en la conversación conflictiva de pareja
El objetivo de este artículo es determinar los valores del vocativo con nombre propio en la conversación conflictiva de parejas sentimentales. Se parte de la concepción de que los intercambios comunicativos conflictivos en la pareja son un reflejo lingüístico de sus dinámicas relacionales. Para realizar la asignación de valores del vocativo se ha utilizado un corpus de conversaciones espontáneas de cinco parejas. Los resultados de esta investigac…
Psychology (16 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (4 works) · Socioeconomic status (4 works)