Cultural and Cognitive Predictors of Academic Motivation Among Mexican American Adolescents: Caution Against Discounting the Impact of Cultural Processes

abstract

• 2015 American Counseling Association. All rights reserved. This study examined the role of cognitive (i.e., grit, hope, and academic skepticism) and cultural variables (i.e., generational status, familismo, ethnic identity, and bicultural stress) on academic motivation among 181 Mexican American adolescents. Results indicated that hope, grit, and familismo positively predicted academic motivation. Conversely, academic skepticism and bicultural stress negatively predicted academic motivation. This study demonstrates that culture is important to consider above and beyond cognitive variables. Implications for practice and research are discussed.

authors

• Ojeda, Lizette

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Pina-Watson, B., Lopez, B., Ojeda, L., & Rodriguez, K. M.

citation count

• 28

complete list of authors

• Pina-Watson, Brandy||Lopez, Belem||Ojeda, Lizette||Rodriguez, Kimberly M

publication date

• January 2015

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development  Journal

keywords

• Bicultural Stress
• Estres Bicultural
• Familismo
• Mexican American
• Mexicano-americano

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2015.00068.x

start page

• 109

end page

• 121

volume

• 43

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1912.2015.00068.x

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being