A systematic review of socioecological factors, community violence exposure, and disparities for Latinx youth

DE Santacrose, M Kia‐Keating… - Journal of Traumatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Community violence exposure poses a public health risk exacerbated by immigration‐
related stressors and environmental factors, including systemic racism and interpersonal …

[BOEK][B] Dismantling contemporary deficit thinking: Educational thought and practice

RR Valencia - 2010 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Deficit thinking is a pseudoscience founded on racial and class bias. It" blames the victim"
for school failure instead of examining how schools are structured to prevent poor students …

A mixed method study on educational well-being and resilience among youth in foster care

J Strolin-Goltzman, V Woodhouse, J Suter… - Children and youth …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper, framed by risk and resiliency theory, presents findings from a youth led
collaborative social research study exploring the facilitators of educational success and …

[BOEK][B] Students of color and the achievement gap: Systemic challenges, systemic transformations

RR Valencia - 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
Students of Color and the Achievement Gap is a comprehensive, landmark analysis of an
incontrovertible racialized reality in US K-12 public education---the relentless achievement …

School-based group interventions for children exposed to domestic violence

EH Thompson, S Trice-Black - Journal of family violence, 2012 - Springer
Children exposed to the trauma of domestic violence tend to experience difficulties with
internalized and externalized behavior problems, social skills deficits, and academic …

Community violence, protective factors, and adolescent mental health: A profile analysis

N Copeland-Linder, SF Lambert… - Journal of Clinical Child …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined interrelationships among community violence exposure, protective
factors, and mental health in a sample of urban, predominantly African American …

Predicting achievement, distress, and retention among lower-income Latino youth

W Close, S Solberg - Journal of vocational behavior, 2008 - Elsevier
This study used structural equation modeling to evaluate whether a combination of social
cognitive and self-determination theories [Bandura, A.(1986). Social foundations of thought …

A test of leading explanations for the college racial-ethnic achievement gap: Evidence from a longitudinal case study

ND Martin, KI Spenner, SA Mustillo - Research in Higher Education, 2017 - Springer
In this study, we examined racial/ethnic differences in grade point average (GPA) among
students at a highly selective, private university who were surveyed before matriculation and …

" say it loud—I'm black and I'm proud": Parents' messages about race, racial discrimination, and academic achievement in African American boys

EW Neblett Jr, TM Chavous, HX Nguyên… - Journal of Negro …, 2009 - muse.jhu.edu
This study uses two waves of data to examine the relationships among racial socialization,
racial discrimination, and academic achievement outcomes in a sample of 144 African …

[PDF][PDF] A review of the literature: Resiliency skills and dropout prevention

K Hupfeld - Scholar Centric, 2010 - go.intellispark.com
The high school dropout rate is remarkably high in the United States, with estimates that a
student drops out every nine seconds. Research on the causes of drop** out reveal …