(Re)considering the Role Familismo Plays in Latina/o High School Students’ College Choices
| dc.contributor.author | Martinez, Melissa A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-06T14:49:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-06T14:49:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This qualitative study examines the role familismo (Marín & Marín, 1991) played in 20 Latina/o high school seniors’ college choices. Familismo is the tendency to hold the wants and needs of family in higher regard than one’s own and has been considered a common trait of Latina/o families. Interviews with students and secondary school counselors revealed this trait may be a common value upheld by Latina/o families but is also a reflection of structural forces outside the family unit. Findings highlight ways students negotiated the options of attending a university close to home to benefit from familial support and/or financially contribute to the family; leaving the region for college in order to ensure a “better life” for themselves and their families; or compromising by beginning at a regional institution and later transferring to another university. High school personnel, and others assisting Latina/os with their college choices should consider such findings. | |
| dc.description.department | Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology | |
| dc.format | Text | |
| dc.format.extent | 20 pages | |
| dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Martinez, M. A. (2013). (Re)considering the role familismo plays in Latina/o high school students’ college choices. The High School Journal, 97(1), pp. 21–40. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1353/hsj.2013.0019 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/8606 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of North Carolina Press | |
| dc.rights.holder | © 2013 The University of North Carolina Press. | |
| dc.source | The High School Journal, Fall 2013, Vol. 97, No. 1, pp. 21-40. | |
| dc.subject | familismo | |
| dc.subject | high school students | |
| dc.subject | college choices | |
| dc.subject | Latina/o families | |
| dc.subject | Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology | |
| dc.title | (Re)considering the Role Familismo Plays in Latina/o High School Students’ College Choices | |
| dc.type | Article |