"Using a Positive Psychology and Family Framework to Understand Mexican" by Javier Cavazos Vela, A. Stephen Lenz et al.
 

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Abstract

Positive psychology is a useful framework to understand Mexican American adolescents’ academic experiences. We used a quantitative, predictive design to explore how presence of meaning in life, search for meaning in life, subjective happiness, hope, and family importance influenced 131 Mexican American adolescents’ college-going beliefs. We used the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Subjective Happiness Scale, Hope Scale, Pan-Hispanic Familism Scale, and College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale to measure the aforementioned factors. Using multiple regression analysis, findings indicated that hope and familism were significant predictors of college-going beliefs. Higher levels of hope and familism positively predicted college-going beliefs. We provide a discussion regarding the importance of these findings as well as recommendations for future research.

Comments

© The Author(s) 2016. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1177/0739986316682717

Publication Title

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

DOI

10.1177/0739986316682717

Download

Plum Print visual indicator of research metrics
PlumX Metrics
  • Citations
    • Citation Indexes: 11
  • Usage
    • Downloads: 148
    • Abstract Views: 19
  • Captures
    • Readers: 42
see details

Included in

Counseling Commons

Share

COinS
 
 

To view the content in your browser, please download Adobe Reader or, alternately,
you may Download the file to your hard drive.

NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window.