TY - JOUR
T1 - Awareness of Arizona's immigration law SB1070 predicts classroom behavioural problems among Latino youths during early adolescence
AU - Santos, Carlos E.
AU - Menjívar, Cecilia
AU - VanDaalen, Rachel A.
AU - Kornienko, Olga
AU - Updegraff, Kimberly
AU - Cruz, Samantha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2018/7/15
Y1 - 2018/7/15
N2 - Bridging diverse areas of inquiry (i.e. legal studies and developmental psychology), this study explored the longitudinal association between Latina/o youths’ burgeoning legal consciousness, measured as awareness of Senate Bill 1070 (SB1070) in Arizona, and their adjustment in school, measured as classroom regulatory behaviours, and examined whether this association varied across immigrant generational status and gender. Participants were 689 Latina/o middle school students in Arizona (Mage = 12.06 years, SD =.98). Multiple regression analysis revealed a significant interaction between Latina/o youths’ awareness of SB1070 at Time 1 and gender in predicting classroom regulatory behaviours at Time 2 (controlling for levels of it at Time 1). Males who were higher on awareness of SB1070 at Time 1 reported lower levels of classroom regulatory behaviours at Time 2. This study underscores the importance of measuring youths’ awareness of laws and how this awareness may impact their academic adjustment.
AB - Bridging diverse areas of inquiry (i.e. legal studies and developmental psychology), this study explored the longitudinal association between Latina/o youths’ burgeoning legal consciousness, measured as awareness of Senate Bill 1070 (SB1070) in Arizona, and their adjustment in school, measured as classroom regulatory behaviours, and examined whether this association varied across immigrant generational status and gender. Participants were 689 Latina/o middle school students in Arizona (Mage = 12.06 years, SD =.98). Multiple regression analysis revealed a significant interaction between Latina/o youths’ awareness of SB1070 at Time 1 and gender in predicting classroom regulatory behaviours at Time 2 (controlling for levels of it at Time 1). Males who were higher on awareness of SB1070 at Time 1 reported lower levels of classroom regulatory behaviours at Time 2. This study underscores the importance of measuring youths’ awareness of laws and how this awareness may impact their academic adjustment.
KW - Latinas/Latinos
KW - Legal consciousness
KW - academic achievement
KW - academic adjustment
KW - classroom behaviours
KW - immigration laws
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U2 - 10.1080/01419870.2017.1311021
DO - 10.1080/01419870.2017.1311021
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019164024
SN - 0141-9870
VL - 41
SP - 1672
EP - 1690
JO - Ethnic and Racial Studies
JF - Ethnic and Racial Studies
IS - 9
ER -