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Rural Latino/a Youth and Parents on the Northern Great Plains: Preliminary Findings from the Latino Youth Care Project (LYCP)

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Rural Ethnic Minority Youth and Families in the United States

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Most research focuses on Latino/a families and youth residing in the US Northeast, the West or Southwest, and the South. However, recent demographic changes reveal substantial increases of Latino/as in the Northern Great Plains region of the United States. This chapter summarizes a research effort aimed at understanding adjustment of Latino/a youth residing in relatively small towns and cities in the Northern Great Plains. A conceptual model that emphasizes the youth ecology, sociocognitive and socioemotive traits, and culture-related stress is proposed, and preliminary findings from an ongoing study are reported. The findings to date suggest tentative support for aspects of the proposed model. Implications of the findings and recommendations for future research direction are discussed.

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This research was supported in part by grant #1022744 from the National Science Foundation to G. Carlo and L. Crockett.

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Carlo, G., Crockett, L.J., Streit, C., Cardenas, R. (2016). Rural Latino/a Youth and Parents on the Northern Great Plains: Preliminary Findings from the Latino Youth Care Project (LYCP). In: Crockett, L., Carlo, G. (eds) Rural Ethnic Minority Youth and Families in the United States. Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20976-0_10

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