Virginia V Sánchez

Biographic Data

ID7117876
NAMEVirginia V Sánchez
GIVEN NAMESVirginia V
FAMILY NAMESánchez
SIGNATURESÁNCHEZ V V
AFFILIATIONSHands Across the Border
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
H-INDEX0

  • Immigrant and Native-Born Mexican-American Parents' Involvement in a Public School

    Open AccessLinda C Lopez, Virginia V Sánchez et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2000

    Mexican-American parents of Texas elementary school students were surveyed to compare the types of school involvement in which immigrant and U.S.-born parents engage. Those completing the questionnaire included 246 mothers and 39 fathers born in Mexico as well as 95 mothers and 13 fathers born in the United States. More immigrant parents than U.S.-born parents indicated they helped their children with school work, attended school board meetings, …

  • Parents' Involvement with Schools in a Mexican Border Town

    Open AccessVirginia V Sánchez, Linda C LopezARTICLEPsychological Reports1999

    6 kindergarten, 13 elementary, and 7 secondary teachers in a Mexican border town were surveyed to examine parental involvement with schools. Most teachers indicated parents of their students helped with their child's school work, volunteered, raised money, and attended school functions as well as parent-teacher conferences. Serving as room mother was more frequently reported by kindergarten than elementary teachers and by more elementary than sec…

  • Parents' Involvement With Schools in a Mexican Border Town

    Virginia V SánchezARTICLEPsychological Reports1999

  • Smokeless Tobacco Use by Secondary Students in a Mexican Bordertown

    Open AccessLinda C Lopez, Virginia V Sánchez et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1998

    Of secondary students living in a Mexican bordertown, 67 boys and 45 girls aged 13 to 18 years, 5 boys reported trying chewing tobacco, but none reported current use, and 61 students believed such use could cause cancer. Low prevalence may be related to low exposure to advertising

  • Association of Home Language with School Involvement among Mexican-American Parents

    Open AccessVirginia V Sánchez, Linda C Lopez et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1997

    Mexican-American parents of children attending a K-6 public elementary school in Texas were surveyed to examine the association of parental use of language at home with the extent of the parents' involvement with the school. A sample of 403 parents represented 317 who spoke only Spanish at home, 33 who spoke both Spanish and English, and 53 parents who primarily spoke English at home. Parents who spoke English at home volunteered at school signif…

  • The Relationship between Parental Education and School Involvement of Mexican-American Parents

    Open AccessLinda C Lopez, Richard F Rodrílguez et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1995

    The relationship between education and involvement in school among Mexican-American parents was examined. Self-reports were collected from 396 Mexican-American parents of children attending an elementary school in Texas. 136 parents with 12 or more years of education indicated they participated with fundraising and attended school-sponsored functions more than did 260 parents with eleven years of education and less. The latter parents reported se…

  • Correlates of Self-Esteem of Mexican American Adolescents

    Open AccessStephen Powers, Virginia V SánchezARTICLEPsychological Reports1982

    The correlations between self-esteem and two linguistic measures, two measures of socioeconomic status, and three measures of academic achievement were calculated for 87 Mexican American adolescents. Self-esteem correlated .25 with the rated extent to which English was spoken at home. Moreover, self-esteem was positively correlated with occupation (.22) and reading achievement (.25). Generally, correlations were small to moderate in magnitude