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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE ROLE OF MENTORING IN THE ACCULTURATION OF LATINO/A YOUTH
Author(s) -
Liao Lynn C.,
Sánchez Bernadette
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.21717
Subject(s) - acculturation , psychological intervention , psychology , race (biology) , immigration , exploratory research , social psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , gender studies , political science , psychiatry , anthropology , law
For youth from immigrant families, acculturation is an important process that impacts their overall developmental outcomes, which could have implications for mentoring models. In this cross‐sectional study, we explore the relationship between mentoring and acculturation using a sample of 140 urban, low‐income, Latino/a high school seniors. We explore the associations between various mentoring variables and acculturation variables. Overall, the results did not yield significant associations between mentoring and acculturation. However, having more mentors did indicate a higher familiarity with Latino/a culture and more frequent contact predicted a higher value of respeto. Also, having at least one cross‐race mentor predicted less perceived discrimination, which may indicate that having cross‐race mentors resulted in lower scores or that youth who perceive less discrimination tend to seek out more cross‐race mentors. These findings inform how mentoring programs and other interventions can be adapted to serve young immigrants in the United States.