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The Relationship of Language Brokering to Academic Performance, Biculturalism, and Self-Efficacy among Latino Adolescents
Raymond Buriel
William Perez
Pomona College
Terri L. de Ment
Claremont Graduate University
David V. Chavez
California State University, San Bernardino
Virginia R. Moran
Claremont Graduate University
Children who interpret for their immigrant parents are referred to as language brokers. The present study examines the relationship of language brokering to academic performance, biculturalism, academic self-efficacy, and social self-efficacy. The many adultlike experiences of children who broker on a regular basis suggest that their cognitive and socioemotional development may be accelerated relative to children of immigrant families who broker infrequently or not at all. Latino adolescents (n = 122) from immigrant families were participants in the study. Results showed that, as expected, language brokering was positively related to biculturalism, and in turn, both of these variables were positively related to academic performance. In addition, the strongest predictor of academic performance was academic self-efficacy. Results also indicated that, to some degree, language brokering is a gendered activity, with females reporting more brokering than males.
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 20, No. 3,
283-297 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/07399863980203001
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