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Impact Of Family Assistance On Latinx College Students' School Engagement, Alma N. Acosta Sanchez
Impact Of Family Assistance On Latinx College Students' School Engagement, Alma N. Acosta Sanchez
Master's Theses
Across California State Universities, Latinx young adults represent a portion of all undergraduate students, but not all these students graduate. The study investigated the impact of Latinx college students’ familismo values and weekly family assistance behaviors for promoting and challenging school engagement and well-being. The sample included N = 167 (89.2% females) Latinx college students and their average age was 22.76 years (SD = 5.39, range of 18.00–50.00). Participants responded to an online survey, which included questions assessing parental education and gender, strength of beliefs in familismo values, whether they had assisted the family in any of nine behaviors in …