Bilingualism & CBPR Research
Bilingualism and positive development in Latino youth
Does bilingualism have a protective role in adolescent emotional and behavioral development? We are exploring the potential impact of language ability on coping and mental health in English-Spanish bilingual youth. Our work in this area takes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to identifying mental health needs in the Hispanic/Latino community in Austin and identifying naturalistic intervention targets for those youth at risk for mental health difficulties.
This study was funded by an R03 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH 1R03HD087648) and was previously supported by a UT College of Education Small Research Grant.
Project Newsletters
Read more about the latest updates on our project in our quarterly newsletters:
Spring 2021 Newsletter English /Spring 2021 Newsletter Spanish
Attendees of our 2nd annual Community-Based Participatory Research Meeting, held on June 11, 2016 at UT