Type of Document Dissertation Author Wilkins, Natalie Jayne Author's Email Address nmccoy2@gsu.edu URN etd-04072009-192738 Title Family Processes Promoting Achievement Motivation and Perceived School Competence among Latino Youth: A Cultural Ecological-Transactional Perspective Degree Ph.D. Department Psychology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Gabriel Kuperminc Committee Chair Christopher Henrich Committee Member Joel Meyers Committee Member Julia Perilla Committee Member Keywords
- School
- Hispanic
- Familism
- Parent involvement
- Youth
- School competence
- Adolescence
- Achievement motivation
- Immigration
- Latino
Date of Defense 2009-03-30 Availability unrestricted Abstract This longitudinal study uses a cultural ecological-transactional perspective (Garcia-Coll, et. al., 1996; Kuperminc, et al., in press) to examine whether relational factors (familism and parental involvement) predict processes of motivation and achievement one year later among 199 Latino adolescents from immigrant families. Parent involvement predicted higher present-oriented and future-oriented motivation, and familism predicted higher present-oriented motivation. Future-oriented motivation predicted higher perceived school competence, while present-oriented motivation predicted lower perceived school competence. Both future and present-oriented motivation increased over time for recent immigrants significantly more than for US-reared youth. Findings suggest that 1) familism and parent involvement relate significantly to processes of achievement motivation among Latino youth 2) future-oriented and present-oriented motivation are distinct from one another and are linked to perceived school competence in unique, and inverse ways among Latino youth and 3) immigration age plays an important role in the motivational processes of Latino youth over time.Files
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