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Session Type: Paper Session
This symposium collectively sheds new light on community-level exposure to stressors and supports among Latino and Latin American youth. Paper 1 examines potential parenting-by-neighborhood interactions in community influences on Mexican-origin adolescents' ethnic identity development. Paper 2 examines the relative importance of neighborhood, family, and friend support for diverse Latino adolescents' mental health. Paper 3 investigates how adolescents and younger children experience, emotionally respond to, and cope with community violence exposure in Colombia. Finally, Paper 4 elucidates the roles of community civic engagement and campus social support in the identities of undocumented Latino young adults.
Neighborhood ethnic concentration and parent ethnic socialization effects on Mexican-origin youths’ ethnic identity development - Presenting Author: Rebecca M. B. White, Arizona State University; George P Knight, Arizona State Univ; Michaeline Jensen, Arizona State University; Nancy A Gonzales, Arizona State University; Jenn-Yun Tein, Arizona State University
Latino teens’ adjustment and social support from family, friends, and neighborhood - Presenting Author: Myriam Villalobos, Teachers College, Columbia University; Anne Martin, Teachers College; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University
How do Colombian Children and Adolescents Experience and Cope With Violence Exposure? A Qualitative, Dimensional Approach - Presenting Author: Traci M Kennedy, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Enrique Chaux, Universidad de Los Andes; Francheska Alers Rojas, University of Michigan; Elizabeth E. Walter, University of Michigan; Lizette Esquivel, University of Michigan; Oscar O. Chapa, University of Michigan
Coming out of the Shadows: The role of social support on campus in constructing an “undocumented” identity - Presenting Author: Dalal Katsiaficas, University of California, Los Angeles; Yuliana Garcia, University of California, Los Angeles; Carola Suarez-Orozco, University of California, Los Angeles