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Examining the Efficacy of the Spanish Cultural Translation of the Student Success Skills Program to Improve Academic Achievement
Author(s) -
URBINA IVETT,
VILLARES ELIZABETH,
MARIANI MELISSA
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of humanistic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2161-1939
pISSN - 2159-0311
DOI - 10.1002/johc.12048
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , humanism , academic achievement , medical education , significant difference , mathematics education , medicine , political science , paleontology , law , biology
This study examined the efficacy of a Spanish cultural translation of the Student Success Skills classroom program, influenced by individual psychology and humanistic counseling, to improve standardized test scores of Hispanic high school students (N = 352). Analysis of covariance findings revealed a statistically significant difference between treatment and comparison groups.