Approximately 1 in 25 teenagers in the United States has attempted suicide, and as many as 1 in 8 has thought about committing suicide, Source: Suicidal Thoughts And Attempts More Common In Hispanic Teens
Image source: ewa.org logo OCTOBER 20, 2011 MAUREEN KELLEHER FIGUEROA For more than a century, assimilation into American culture has been held up as a positive goal for immigrants to pursue.But a just-released book that highlights research on first-generation immigrant children and adolescents, including Latinos, shows that recent immigrant children are more likely to succeed in school and avoid […]
Image source: s-r-a.org logo Ethnic Identity Development among Latino Adolescents…Who, What, When, Where???by Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, Ph.D. For almost two decades (yikes!), I have been fascinated by the concept of ethnic i Source: Ethnic Identity Development among Latino Adolescents… | Society for Research on Adolescence