School Engagement Among Latino Youth in an Urban Middle School Context: Valuing the Role of Social  

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Garcia-Reid, Pauline ; Reid, Robert J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Education And Urban Society vol. 37 no. 3 (May 2005), page 257-275.
Topik: school engagement; Latino youth; social support
Fulltext: 257.pdf (129.5KB)

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The education of many Latino youth residing in urban communities is often hindered by fear of crime and violence occurring in places where they live and attend school.Addressing these concerns, this study tested a path model predicting school engagement that included neighborhood and school environment variables (e.g., neighborhood youth behavior, neighborhood safety, and school safety) and social support variables (e.g., teacher support, friend support, parent support, and neighbor support).Atotal of 226 Latino youth from an urban middle school in the northeastern United States participated in the study. The hypothesized modelwas found to fit data from the sample and showed direct effects of teacher support, friend support, and parent support on school engagement. In addition, neighborhood youth behavior and neighborhood safety influenced school engagement indirectly through its effect on social support variables. Implications for school-based interventions are discussed.

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