Parents and Peers Have Strong Effect on Behavior of Mexican American Students
A recent study by Missouri University professor, Gustavo Carlo, found that parents and peers influence strongly the behaviors and moral development of Mexican American college students. As a result of these findings, Carlo, a Millsap Professor of Diversity and Multicultural Studies in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at MU, believes that universities need to encourage family and social involvement in students’ lives in order to attain more successful students.The study, entitled, “Empathy as a mediator of the relations between parent and peer attachment and prosocial and physically aggressive behaviors in Mexican American college students,” surveyed 148 Mexican American college students from California and Texas. Students were asked about parental and peer attachment as well as empathy, prosocial or positive behaviors and physical aggression. The study demonstrated a direct correlation between strong relationships
