School Context Matters: Learning Disabilities and U.S. Adolescent Support Choices from Latino-Majority Communities

Autor/inn/en	Waugh, Matthew; McGhie-Richmond, Donna; Anderson, John O.
Titel	School Context Matters: Learning Disabilities and U.S. Adolescent Support Choices from Latino-Majority Communities
Quelle	In: Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 16 (2015) 1, S.58-67 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-6913
Schlagwörter	Learning Disabilities; Students with Disabilities; Adolescents; Hispanic American Students; At Risk Students; Social Isolation; Males; Social Support Groups; Stress Variables; Coping; Social Networks; Help Seeking; High School Students; Grade 9; Grade 10 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Soziale Isolation; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Bewältigung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; High school; High schools; Oberschule; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09
Abstract	There remains a paucity of research examining the support-seeking behaviors among Latino students specifically and adolescents of ethnic minority background more generally (Carlo & Guzman, 2009). While few investigations provide some evidence that Latino adolescents, especially those with a learning disability, are at greater risk to be socially isolated and overly self-reliant (Morrison, Laughlin, Smith, Ollansky, & Moore, 1992; Morrison, Laughlin, San Miguel, Smith, & Widaman, 1997), the literature is in need of updating. This exploratory study recruited 28 Latino male adolescents with and without a learning disability living in the Southwest region of the United States. Participants completed a social support choice questionnaire by selecting support options for managing various life stressors. Results from this study yielded contradictory results from previous explorations of Latino and learning disabilities support-seeking choices, with mostly no significant differences to report in terms of selecting among various social support network members. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Special Education. c/o College of Education, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774. Tel: 928-523-8979; Fax: 928-523-1929; Web site: http://www.iase.org/publications.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01