Coping With College Obstacles: The Complicated Role of Familia for First-Generation Mexican American College Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Rodriguez ◽  
Kelty Garbee ◽  
Elizabeth Martínez-Podolsky
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Coping Processes ◽  
Individual Needs

This qualitative study examined how first-generation Mexican American college students sought support from their families to cope with challenges. Some students had very close relationships with their family members and allowed them to be an integral part of their coping processes. However, others separated family from the coping or built chosen “families” from college peers and mentors to help them cope. In most instances, students simultaneously engaged in multiple coping processes to meet their individual needs.

scholarly journals PERAN MEDIA MASSA TERHADAP PEMILIH PEMULA DALAM PEMILU PRESIDEN DAN WAKIL PRESIDEN TAHUN 2014

KRITIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-26
Author(s):  
Budi Sulistiyo ◽  
Sri Suwartiningsih
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
School Students ◽  
Vital Part ◽  
The Media

The term novice voters are regarded toHigh School Students, College Students, or worker who is between 17 to 21 years old and never been participate or vote in the election. This definition is hand in hand with the law number 10 - 2008, regarding genera election that define the minimum or condition of the voter (article 19:1). Novice voters are characterized as educated, critical, independent, fashionable, adaptable, and like to learn new things. Before the Indonesia Presidential Election in 2014, the media were intensively relay informations on the president and vice president candidates. The media have important part indelivering information and knowledge for the citizens about the election. Newspaper, magazines, radio and television are believed to be the most vital part in the politic democracy system.The  study used the Kultivation Theory Analysis, which focus on how the influence of media to the citizens through the news that were broadcasted in the television continuously. This is a descriptive qualitative study which means to describe the role of media especially television that affect the perspective and the novice voters’ attitude toward 2014 the presidential election. The result of this study showed that the role of television staton, especially the Metro TV and TV One were  vital, because novice voters whit their limited knowledge about election, gain informations through those Metro TV and TV One to gain knowledge and information about the 2014 presidential election. As the result, the media is capable to affect the novice voters’ point of view to actively participate as voters in the 2014 presidential election.

scholarly journals Assets-Based Learning Abroad: First-Generation Latinx College Students Leveraging and Increasing Community Cultural Wealth in Costa Rica

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-85
Author(s):  
David Wick ◽  
Tasha Y. Willis ◽  
Jacqueline Rivera ◽  
Evelyn Lueker ◽  
Maria Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
International Education ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Student Interaction ◽  
Community Cultural Wealth ◽  
Cultural Wealth

This qualitative study counters deficit narratives about first generation Latinx students by exploring multi ple forms of community cultural wealth (CCW; Yosso, 2005) that 25 students leveraged and increased during service activities and homestays in Costa Rica. Through longitudinal data and with CCW as a conceptual framework, three key themes emerged First, s tudents were able to leverage their linguistic and familial capital to connect quickly and meaningfully with locals. Additionally, students drew upon their linguistic, familial, aspirational, and resistant capital while abroad to deepen their engagement. Finally, student interaction with their forms of CCW appeared to deepen their bicultural identities, strengthen their resistance to injustice, and instill a strong desire to inspire other Latinx students to pursue international education. Implications fo r practice include an integrated approach to recognizing and rewarding students’ CCW related capital in the advising, application and preparation processes. Implications underscore the importance of using strengths based pedagogies in the design of educat ion abroad programs.

The Role of Character Strengths and Family Importance on Mexican American College Students’ Life Satisfaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier C. Vela ◽  
Gregory Scott Sparrow ◽  
James Ikonomopoulos ◽  
Stacey L. Gonzalez ◽  
Basilio Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Character Strengths

Is First-Gen an Identity? How First-Generation College Students Make Meaning of Institutional and Familial Constructions of Self

2020 ◽  
pp. 152102512091330
Author(s):  
Genia M. Bettencourt ◽  
Koboul E. Mansour ◽  
Mujtaba Hedayet ◽  
Patricia Tita Feraud-King ◽  
Kat J. Stephens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
First Generation College

Institutions increasingly use first-generation categorizations to provide support to students. In this study, we sought to understand how students make meaning of their first-generation status by conducting a series of focus groups with 54 participants. Our findings reveal that students saw first-generation status as an organizational and familial identity rather than social identities. This status was connected to alterity and social distance that was most salient in comparison to continuing-generation peers. Our recommendations include reexamining the role of first-generation-specific programming on campus, creating opportunities for meaning-making, supporting students within changing family dynamics, and exploring the interaction between first-generation status and other marginalized identities.

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