2015;21:97-104. doi: 10.1037/a0037532.

Perceptions and Experiences in Higher Education: A National Study of Multiracial Asian American and Latino/a Students in Psychology.

K I Maton, T D Smith

UIID-AD: 1390 DOI: 10.1037/a0037532

Abstract

Demographic trends suggest increasing numbers of multiple racial heritage students attending U. S. campuses and universities, a change reflected within psychology. However, there is little empirical investigation into the educational experiences and needs of multiracials. The current study (the second in a series of studies to use data from a national survey of psychology graduate and undergraduate students) compared 2 multiracial groups, Asian American/European American and Latino/a/European Americans, with their single-heritage counterparts on several variables of interest-academic supports and barriers, linkage between barriers faced and ethnicity, and perceived cultural diversity. Results indicated that multiracial groups reported more of a link between academic barriers experienced and their ethnicity than European American students, but less of a link than their monoracial minority peers. No differences between groups were found related to academic supports, academic barriers, and perceived cultural diversity. Study limitations, future research, and implications are discussed.

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