Arbona, C., & Jimenez, C. (2014). Minority stress, ethnic identity, and depression among Latino/a college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61(1), 162-168.
Arbona and Jimenez discuss findings on how minority stress, ethnic identity and depression affect a minority student’s retention. According to Ardona and Jimenez (2014), minority stress refers to the “negative experiences in the campus environment that students perceive to be linked to social, physical, or cultural attributes salient to specific minority groups” (p. 163) and how this plays a unique role in the psychological adjustment of minority students. The empirical studies yielded mixed findings about identity’s role in psychosocial adjustment. This research does however
Arbona and Jimenez discuss findings on how minority stress, ethnic identity and depression affect a minority student’s retention. According to Ardona and Jimenez (2014), minority stress refers to the “negative experiences in the campus environment that students perceive to be linked to social, physical, or cultural attributes salient to specific minority groups” (p. 163) and how this plays a unique role in the psychological adjustment of minority students. The empirical studies yielded mixed findings about identity’s role in psychosocial adjustment. This research does however