Laura McLaughlin Gonzalez

**Education: PhD, Counselor Education, North Carolina State University--MEd, College Counseling, University of Delaware--BA, Women’s Studies with a minor in Biology, Colgate University

There are 55 included publications by Laura McLaughlin Gonzalez :

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Acculturation conflict in Latino youth: Discrimination, ethnic identity, and depressive symptoms 2016 1238 Objectives: Patterns of parent–adolescent conflict differ between immigrant and nonimmigrant families living in the United States (Fuligni, 1998). Despite this, there is limited empirical literature examining the nuanced nature of parent–adolescent c...
Adjustment of Undergraduate Latino Students at a Southeastern University Cultural Components of Academic and Social Integration 2008 1818 College campuses in the southeast United States are striving to understand and serve their newly arriving Latino students to promote adjustment and academic success. The purpose of this article is to outline the cultural components of academic and so...
Advocacy-Based Research 2018 1375 In this chapter, readers learn about advocacy-based research, a form of participatory action research and community-engaged research. Inclusion, reciprocity, asset-based approaches to research and practice are discussed as foundation concepts. When a...
Alternate Approaches to Coping in Latinx Adolescents From Immigrant Families 2020 1127 The aims of this mixed-methods study were (a) to explore quantitatively the fit of the COPE inventory (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) for Latinx youth from immigrant families, and (b) to explore qualitatively aspects of coping in this po...
Barriers to college access for Latino adolescents: A comparison of existing theoretical frameworks 2015 1318 A comprehensive description of barriers to college access for Latino/a adolescents is an important step toward improving educational outcomes. However, relevant scholarship on barriers has not been synthesized in a way that promotes coherent formulat...
Changes in academic aspirations and expectations among Asian American adolescents 2015 853 Aspirations and expectations are critical to academic attainment and success, yet little is known about how they change over the high school years. With longitudinal data from 157 Asian American adolescents (60% female), we examined normative and wit...
College level choice of Latino high school students: A social cognitive approach. 2012 3477 Latino students attend 2-year colleges more often than 4-year colleges. This has an impact on the rate of bachelor's degree attainment, because the transfer rate between the 2 levels is low. The author uses national data to identify predictors associ...
Coping and Culture: The Protective Effects of Shift-&-Persist and Ethnic-Racial Identity on Depressive Symptoms in Latinx Youth 2019 236 Shift-&-persist is a coping strategy that has been shown to lead to positive health outcomes in low-SES youth but has not yet been examined with respect to psychological health. This study tests whether the shift-&-persist coping strategy works in ta...
Coping (together) with hate: Strategies used by Mexican-origin families in response to racial–ethnic discrimination 2022 743 Coping in the context of racial–ethnic discrimination is often framed as an individualistic process, where the focus is on how the individual deals with the racialized stressor to mitigate its negative effects. However, individuals exist within socia...
Critical guidelines for U.S.-based counselor educators when working transnationally: A Delphi study 2017 1164 U.S.-based counselor education faculty increasingly are participating in transnational experiences, such as global research and study abroad. The purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for U.S.-based counselor educators when working transnat...
Cultural stressors and the hopelessness model of depressive symptoms in Latino adolescents. 2012 3884 Depressive symptoms in Latino youth have been related to both culturally-universal and culturally-based stressors. However, few studies have examined the unique contributions of culturally-based stressors above and beyond other types of stressors. Mo...
Data management and use through research practice partnerships: A literature review 2020 735 Through research-practice partnerships (RPPs) researchers and practitioners engage in long-term problem-solving collaborations aimed, in part, at increasing the capacity of personnel in local schools and districts to manage and use educational data f...
Equity and social justice in research practice partnerships in the United States 2022 1465 Research–practice partnerships (RPPs) have grown rapidly in the last decade in the United States to challenge traditional notions of education research by emphasizing the importance of researchers and practitioners working together in a spirit of mut...
Ethnic Identity as a Protective Factor in the Lives of Asian American Adolescents 2014 4605 This study examined the buffering role of ethnic identity for Asian American adolescents living in an emerging immigrant community. A sample of 176 Asian American ninth graders completed self-report measures assessing ethnic identity, stressors (i.e....
Ethnic-racial socialization in Latino families: The influence of mothers’ socialization practices on adolescent private regard, familism, and perceived ethnic-racial discrimination 2019 1262 Objectives: Cultural value endorsement and ethnic–racial identity promote Latino/a adolescent positive adaptation and mitigate the negative impacts of perceived ethnic–racial discrimination. This study explored the intergenerational process of how ad...
Factors contributing to scholarly productivity of assistant professors in counseling 2019 1153 Doctoral research training and faculty departmental research culture were explored in relation to research interest, self-efficacy, and productivity among 49 counselor education assistant professors. Doctoral research training environment consistentl...
Familial Cultural Values, Depressive Symptoms, School Belonging and Grades in Latino Adolescents: Does Gender Matter? 2014 2998 Past studies document that Latino familial cultural values (i.e. familism, affiliative obedience and filial obligation) protect against depressive symptoms and promote academic resilience in adolescence. However, some studies suggest that familial cu...
Familism and Latino adolescent depressive symptoms: The role of maternal warmth and support and school support 2016 1527 Objectives: This study examined the relationship between familism and depressive symptoms across relational contexts in adolescence, and whether maternal warmth and support, and school support moderated the relationship between familism and depressiv...
Familism in action in an emerging immigrant community: An examination of indirect effects in early adolescence 2020 967 Familism values promote the positive adaptation of Latinx youth, but few studies have examined potential indirect effects associated with these positive effects. In emerging immigrant communities, where fewer resources are available to youth and fami...
Finding their SPARCK: College and career readiness groups for African American females 2019 1632 Though often ignored or stereotyped in school settings, African American females have the strengths and resiliency needed to explore postsecondary options. Yet, current college and career readiness interventions does not meet the unique needs of this...
Foreigner objectification, English proficiency, and adjustment among youth and mothers from Latinx American backgrounds 2018 1848 Objectives: Understanding the experience of foreigner objectification is relevant given the possibility of ethnocentrism, xenophobia, and mistrust of immigrants in the United States. The present study examines main and interactive effects of objectif...
Gendered academic adjustment among Asian American adolescents in an emerging immigrant community. 2012 2775 Research on the academic adjustment of immigrant adolescents has been predominately conducted in large cities among established migration areas. To broaden the field’s restricted focus, data from 172 (58% female) Asian American adolescents who reside...
The Impact of Discrimination and Support on Developmental Competencies in Latino Adolescents 2014 2965 Discrimination is considered a contextual risk factor for ethnic minority youth, but social support provided in the same context may function to offset the risk or encourage adaptive responses. Per the integrative model of child development (Garcia C...
The influence of cultural identity and perceived barriers on college preparation and aspirations of Latino youth in emerging immigrant communities. 2013 5211 Emerging immigrant communities differ from established communities in terms of needs and available resources. Students in these emerging communities may still be acculturating to new contexts and establishing their ethnic identities, which may impact...
Initial development of the faculty research self-efficacy scale (FaRSES): Evidence of reliability and validity 2019 830 Research self-efficacy is important to measure among faculty, given its relationship with scholarly productivity. However, very few measures exist to assess research self-efficacy among faculty, and few of those have evidence of validity. Thus, the F...
Initial evaluation of a Latino parent college planning program: "It changed my life and my child's life.” 2018 212 Parents have long served a crucial role in their children’s postsecondary success through guidance and support. In an effort to help Latina/o parents in emerging immigrant communities overcome any limits to their knowledge around college-going practi...
“It takes fire to make steel”: Stories of two African American males finding purpose through their college experiences 2015 613 Purpose – This study aims to understand the asset and success factors that contributed to college completion of African American males who persisted through college. Only a dismal 22 per cent of African American males receive bachelor’s degrees compa...
Latent profiles of American and ethnic-racial identity in Latinx mothers and adolescents: Links to behavioral practices and cultural values 2020 1304 Few studies have examined national identity processes in Latinx immigrant mothers and their children. This study uses a person-centered approach to examine how profiles of American and ethnic–racial identity are related to American and Latinx cultura...
Latina/o adolescents in an emerging immigrant community: A qualitative exploration of their future goals. 2012 3086 Although immigrant adolescents typically have high hopes for their futures, educational and career outcomes often do not match aspirations. The future aspirations of 17 Latina/o adolescents in an emerging immigrant community were explored. Qualitativ...
Latino adolescent educational affiliation profiles 2017 926 Supporting postsecondary access for Latino adolescents is important due to the size of the population and mixed evidence of progress. In order to better understand the college-going and school belonging attitudes of Latinos, we used an exploratory la...
The Latino Parents-Learning About College (LaP-LAC) Program: Educational Empowerment of Latino Families Through Psychoeducational Group Work 2014 3687 Parental involvement is crucial to facilitating a child's high school success and enhancing their post-secondary opportunities. Unfortunately, the ability for Latina/o parents and guardians to engage in parental involvement is hindered by a general l...
Latino Students in New Arrival States: Factors and Services to Prevent Youth From Dropping Out 2010 3697 Latino youth are more likely than any other ethnic group to drop out of high school in the United States. Though some research has helped us understand the factors leading to dropout, very few studies have assessed Latino student’s opinions of servic...
Learning to advocate: Evaluating a new course 2017 1051 The authors share the formative evaluation of a counseling elective, Social Justice Advocacy. Researchers used thematic analysis to code student weekly reflection journals. Emergent themes included (a) redefining social justice and advocacy, (b) refl...
Linking multicultural counseling and social justice through advocacy 2016 5675 The concepts of multicultural counseling, social justice, and advocacy may be utilized without a clear sense of how best to operationalize them in counselor training. In this article, the authors offer a perspective on how advocacy and social justice...
A longitudinal examination of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, public ethnic regard, and depressive symptoms in Latino youth 2017 1267 This longitudinal study examined the role of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and public ethnic regard on depressive symptoms in an adolescent Latino sample (n = 141) living in an emerging immigrant community. Using a cross lagged model, this s...
New counselor educators’ scholarly productivity: Supportive and discouraging environments 2019 1000 Eighteen new counselor educators shared in-depth reports of their efforts to establish an early record of scholarly productivity, critical to their success in academe. Analyses of their experiences using consensual qualitative research methods reveal...
One talk at a time: Developing an ethnic-racial socialization intervention for Black, Latinx, and Asian American families 2021 893 Ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) can promote positive outcomes in minoritized youth, but parents often face challenges in effectively engaging in these conversations. We describe the development of a video-based online parent intervention program ai...
Parental involvement in children's education: considerations for school counselors working with Latino immigrant families 2013 18288 The Hoover-Dempsey et al. (2005) model of parents" involvement in their children's schools has recently been applied to Latino immigrant families. This article reviews that literature and then describes culturally appropriate strategies for school co...
Parental involvement in college planning: Cultural considerations when working with African American families 2014 1953 Purpose: The purpose of this article was to describe Hossler and Gallagher’s (1987) college choice model and emphasize the predisposition phase of the model as the starting point for school counselors’ efforts to help African American parents foster ...
Patching the Leaky Pipeline 2002 955 The United States faces the critical task of graduating large numbers of individuals in mathematics, science, technical, and engineering fields. The first-year orientation course described uses female-friendly practices to provide support, promote ac...
Predicting longitudinal changes in familism in an emerging immigrant context 2022 653 Building on the Behavioral Process Model of Familism, the current study examined the longitudinal association between public and private ethnic regard and familial support, and familism values in a sample of 141 Latinx 7th–10th graders living in a se...
Protective and promotive effects of Latino early adolescents’ cultural assets against multiple types of discrimination 2018 369 Given adversity associated with discrimination, it is important to identify culturally relevant factors that may protect against its harmful effects. Using latent variable interactions, this study examined the moderating effects of cultural assets on...
The Protective Role of Familism in the Lives of Latino Adolescents 2013 19727 Familism, a Latino value that promotes loyalty, cohesiveness, and obedience within the family, predicts improved outcomes for Latino adolescents. However, few studies have tested whether familism serves a protective role when adolescents are facing s...
Quality of Interactions in Face-to-Face and Hybrid Career Development Courses: An Exploration of Students' Perceptions 2013 1420 Online counselor education is growing, but there has been little conclusive research about its effectiveness. This paper reports on an exploratory study in which the perceptions of students in a hybrid career development and counseling class were com...
Review of ‘Americans by Heart: Undocumented Latino students and the promise of higher education.’ 2013 1367 In August 2012, undocumented youth who were brought to the United States prior to their 16th birthday became eligible to apply for deferred action relative to deportation, per an administrative order by President Barack Obama. Although this action di...
School community engaging with immigrant youth: Incorporating personal/social development and ethnic identity development 2014 1558 It has been projected that 33% of all school children will be from immigrant households by the year 2040 (Suarez-Orozco et al., 2010). For school personnel (e.g., administrators, counselors, teachers) working with immigrant youth and adolescents, und...
Secondary Traumatic Stress for Trauma Researchers: A Mixed Methods Research Design 2016 1755 Forty-nine infants and toddlers were killed and 93 others were injured in the ABC Day Care Center fire disaster in Hermosillo, Mexico. This study describes the experiences of ten mental health professionals who researched the community-scale grief an...
A social constructivist approach to preparing school counselors to work effectively in urban schools 2017 2138 In this article a social construction framework is used to improve the capacity of school counselors and trainees to work effectively with African American and Latina/o students in urban schools. Three key theoretical tenets of the social constructio...
Socioeconomic Stress and Academic Adjustment Among Asian American Adolescents: The Protective Role of Family Obligation 2013 4220 Socioeconomic stress has long been found to place youth at risk, with low family income conferring disadvantages in adolescents’ school achievement and success. This study investigates the role of socioeconomic stress on academic adjustment, and pinp...
Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Parents and Their Children: Reflections on the Path to College 2015 2144 Immigrant parents in a new cultural setting may experience both structural and individual barriers, which complicate the process of helping their children plan for college. Focus group interviews were conducted with 15 Spanish-speaking immigrant pare...
Supervision in Spanish: Reflections from supervisor-trainee dyads 2015 1940 Due to the increasing presence of clients who speak a language other than English, educators and supervisors will need to address bilingual training issues in mental health service provision. Supervision that utilizes the preferred language of the cl...
Supports and barriers to researcher development in early career faculty 2019 468 Purpose: Depending on their institutional context, for new faculty members to successfully manage their transition from doctoral studies to early career, they must show potential as researchers. The purpose of this study was to learn about supports a...
Typologies of Discrimination: Latinx Youth’s Experiences in an Emerging Immigrant Community 2019 1718 Few studies examine how racial-ethnic peer discrimination experiences of Latinx youth vary across the race-ethnicity of the perpetrator. In a sample of 170 Latinx early adolescents (Mage = 12.86 years, range = 10.33–15.23; 51% female), we identified ...
Vision boards: A creative tool for self-exploration and identity development 2019 7865 Researchers recently described vision boards as a creative tool that counselors and clients can use to promote communication and identification of future goals in a strengths-based and solution-focused way. Using the framework of Social Cognitive Car...
What We Choose to Remember: Imagined Shared Narratives of Education During COVID-19 2021 205 The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on educational policies and practices are unprecedented. With the majority of educational institutions forced to limit face-to-face interactions, teaching and learning have rapidly taken on vastly new meanings. Ev...