Add to ORKGThe potential benefits of participation in extracurricular activities may be especially important for youth who are at risk for academic underachievement, such as low income Mexican-origin youth in the U.S. To advance understanding of factors that drive participation for this population, this study examined Mexican-origin youth’s trajectories of participation in extracurricular activities across Grades 7–12 and tested theoretically-derived predictors of these trajectories. Participants were 178 adolescents (53.9 % Female, Mage = 12.28) and their mothers who separately completed in-home interviews. Youth reported the frequency of their participation across a range of extracurricular activities. Latent growth curve models of overall extracurr...
The Latino population in the U.S. is growing, and about one-third of Latinos are younger than 18. Re...
Latinos, currently the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. comprising 12.5% of the population,...
This study examines the cultural and contextual factors that influence Latino participation in youth...
With the rapid growth in the Latino population in the United States, in the next few decades we will...
With the rapid growth in the Latino population in the United States, in the next few decades we will...
With the rapid growth in the Latino population in the United States, in the next few decades we will...
With the rapid growth in the Latino population in the United States, in the next few decades we will...
Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with higher educational aspirations and ex...
Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with higher educational aspirations and ex...
Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with higher educational aspirations and ex...
The main goal of this work was to identify promising points for policy and program interventions to ...
Little is known about the mechanisms by which extracurricular participation in high school influence...
Previous research has considered Mexican Americans as a homogeneous group in studies relating to edu...
The main goal of this work was to identify promising points for policy and program interventions to ...
Theoretically grounded research on the determinants of Mexican American children’s physical activity...
The Latino population in the U.S. is growing, and about one-third of Latinos are younger than 18. Re...
Latinos, currently the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. comprising 12.5% of the population,...
This study examines the cultural and contextual factors that influence Latino participation in youth...
With the rapid growth in the Latino population in the United States, in the next few decades we will...
With the rapid growth in the Latino population in the United States, in the next few decades we will...
With the rapid growth in the Latino population in the United States, in the next few decades we will...
With the rapid growth in the Latino population in the United States, in the next few decades we will...
Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with higher educational aspirations and ex...
Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with higher educational aspirations and ex...
Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with higher educational aspirations and ex...
The main goal of this work was to identify promising points for policy and program interventions to ...
Little is known about the mechanisms by which extracurricular participation in high school influence...
Previous research has considered Mexican Americans as a homogeneous group in studies relating to edu...
The main goal of this work was to identify promising points for policy and program interventions to ...
Theoretically grounded research on the determinants of Mexican American children’s physical activity...
The Latino population in the U.S. is growing, and about one-third of Latinos are younger than 18. Re...
Latinos, currently the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. comprising 12.5% of the population,...
This study examines the cultural and contextual factors that influence Latino participation in youth...