Examining Contextual Qualities Related to Adjustment

Context Matters

Adolescents' Adjustment

• Examining how society, community, school climate, family dynamics, and peers relate to the academic achievement and mental health of adolescents (e.g., Latinos, African Americans, Armenians, Iranians, and/or immigrant families) using self-report survey data, census data, and school-record data from California.
• Examining how fathers' reports and adolescents' reports relate to outcomes in Latino and African American adolescents from California, North Carolina, and Oklahoma

Emerging Adults' Adjustment

• Examining how society, family, and peers influence mental health, emotion regulation, and self-efficacy in emerging adults (different ethnic groups, LGB, Deaf people) using self-report survey data.
• Examining how parents transmit values about finances in Chinese American, Iranian American, and Mexican American families using one-on-one interviews.

Health Inequity

• Examining perceived barriers and challenges to mental health services in Latino and Deaf populations using focus groups and survey data.

Achievement Gap

• Examining how achievement gap arise from perceived barriers and challenges using focus groups and survey data.
• Examining whether employment on campus relates to better retention, grades, and graduation rates using institutional data.