Fighting and Bullying Among Asian Americans and Latinos

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 1019-1036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara S. Maffini ◽  
Greg M. Kim-Ju
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined ethnicity and ethnic identity (EI) as moderators in the relationship between self-efficacy (SE) and fighting and bullying. We sampled 315 Asian American and Latino early adolescents residing in an urban community. Results demonstrated that Latinos and male participants were more likely to engage in fighting and bullying than Asian Americans and females. Ethnicity and EI moderated the relationship for SE and fighting but not for SE and bullying. Findings suggest that EI and SE may serve as psychological resources that help reduce violence for Asian American and Latino early adolescents in more nuanced ways than previous research has shown. These findings address some of the conflicting findings regarding the role of EI in violence and bullying and suggest these behaviors may depend on the relationship between ethnicity and EI.

Ethnic Minority-Majority Status and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Perceived Discrimination

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Cokley ◽  
Brittany Hall-Clark ◽  
Dana Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Latino Americans ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
European Americans ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the role of perceived discrimination as a mediator of the relationship between ethnic minority-majority status and mental health in a sample of college students, of whom 246 were members of an ethnic minority (African American, Latino American, or Asian American) and 167 were European Americans. Ethnic minority students were significantly higher in perceived discrimination and significantly lower in mental health. African Americans were most likely to perceive racial discrimination, followed by Latino Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans. Asian Americans reported the poorest mental health. Results of mediational analyses by ethnic status (minorities and majority) and across ethnic group pairings (Americans and European Americans, Latino Americans and European Americans, Asian Americans and European Americans) confirmed in every instance that perceived discrimination accounts for a modest part of the relationship between ethnic minority-majority status and mental health. We address the implications for mental health practice on college campuses.

Depressive Symptoms and Loneliness in Early Adolescence: The Role of Empathy and Emotional Self-Efficacy

2020 ◽  
pp. 027243162091915
Author(s):  
Emanuela Calandri ◽  
Federica Graziano ◽  
Elena Cattelino ◽  
Silvia Testa
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Analyze Data

Knowledge about the role of empathy, emotional self-efficacy, and loneliness on early adolescents’ depressive symptoms is scarce. The main aims of the study were to investigate the following: (a) the role of empathy and emotional self-efficacy (additive and interactive) on loneliness and depressive symptoms, taking into account gender differences and (b) the possible mediating role of loneliness in the relationship between emotional predictors and depressive symptoms. Three hundred forty-eight Italian early adolescents (48% girls; mean age, 13; SD = 0.3) completed an anonymous self-report questionnaire at two time points (1 year apart). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze data. Results indicated the following: (a) high empathy and low emotional self-efficacy were related to higher subsequent loneliness and depressive symptoms; (b) emotional self-efficacy moderated the relationship between empathy and loneliness and, only for girls, between empathy and depressive symptoms; (c) no mediation role of loneliness between emotional predictors (empathy and emotional self-efficacy) and depressive symptoms was found. Results are discussed in relation to preventive interventions targeting early adolescents.

Understanding the role of collective racial esteem and resilience in the development of Asian American leadership self-efficacy.

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-367
Author(s):  
Corinne M. Kodama ◽  
John P. Dugan
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
Self Efficacy

Choosing to be the Hero, the Joker, the Villain: An Interview with Arthur Dong

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Oliver Wang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Short Film ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
West Hollywood

Oliver Wang interviews documentary filmmaker Arthur Dong. Originally from San Francisco, Dong began his career as a student filmmaker in the 1970s before releasing the Oscar-nominated short film, Sewing Woman in 1982. Since then, his films have focused on the role of Chinese and Asian Americans in entertainment industries as well as on anti-LGBQ discrimination. In the interview, Wang and Dong discuss Dong's beginnings as a high school filmmaker, his decision to turn the story of his seamstress mother into Sewing Woman, his struggle to bring together the Asian American and queer film communities and his recent experience in staging a “Hollywood Chinese” exhibit inside a renovated bar in West Hollywood.

scholarly journals The relationship between human values and creative ideation among undergraduate students: The role of creative self-efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1885575
Author(s):  
Puthyrom Tep ◽  
Sorakrich Maneewan ◽  
Saranya Chuathong ◽  
Matthew A. Easter
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Creative Ideation ◽  
The Relationship

Overconfidence of vocational education students when entering higher education

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark P. Bowden ◽  
Subhash Abhayawansa ◽  
John Bahtsevanoglou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
First Year ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – There is evidence that students who attend Technical and Further Education (TAFE) prior to entering higher education underperform in their first year of study. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of self-efficacy in understanding the performance of students who completed TAFE in the previous year in a first year subject of microeconomics in a dual sector university in Melbourne, Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The study utilises data collected by surveys of 151 students. Findings – A student’s self-efficacy is positively associated with their marks in a first year subject of microeconomics. However, the relationship between final marks and self-efficacy is negative for those students who attended TAFE in the previous year suggesting that they suffer from the problem of overconfidence. When holding self-efficacy constant, using econometric techniques, TAFE attendance is found to be positively related to final marks. Research limitations/implications – The findings are exploratory (based on a small sample) and lead to a need to conduct cross institutional studies. Practical implications – The research points to the need for early interventions so that TAFE students perform well in their first year of higher education. It also points to potential issues in the development of Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) programs. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to examine the inter-related impact of attendance at TAFE in the previous year and self-efficacy on the subsequent academic performance of TAFE students.

scholarly journals Self-efficacy as a mediator of the relationship between subjective well-being and general health of military cadets

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 2309-2319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciane Albuquerque Sá de Souza ◽  
Ana Raquel Rosas Torres ◽  
Genário Alves Barbosa ◽  
Tiago Jessé Souza de Lima ◽  
Luana Elayne Cunha de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
General Health ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
General Self Efficacy

The objective of this study is to investigate the role of self-efficacy beliefs as a mediator of the relationship between the subjective well-being and general health of military cadets (police and firefighters). For this study, 228 cadets participated, the majority being Military Police officer candidates (65%), male (79%), between 17 and 34 years of age (99%), and unmarried (74%). They responded to questionnaires on general health (GHQ-12), perceived general self-efficacy, to the multiple scales that cover subjective well-being, and demographic questions. Initial regression analyses indicate the predictive power of subject well-being regarding general health. Subsequently, the mediation analyses provide satisfactory evidence for the role of perceived self-efficacy as a mediator of the relationship between the subjective well-being variables and the overall health of military cadets. The implications of these results for the professional training of the cadets are discussed.

Ethnic Identity and Perceived Stress in HIV+ Minority Women: The Role of Coping Self-Efficacy and Social Support

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corina R. Lopez ◽  
Michael H. Antoni ◽  
Erin M. Fekete ◽  
Frank J. Penedo
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Minority Women
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document