"<i>So no one feels left out:</i>" Latinx youths' and parents' re-imagined school realities in the context of cultural stressors.

ABSTRACT: The current qualitative investigation explored Latinx youths' and parents' reimagined ideal school realities in the context of cultural stressors. Forty-five youth (50% female; 0% non-binary; M _age = 15.26 years, SD = .79; range = 14 - 17) and 28 parents (75% female; 0% non-binary; M _age = 42.36, SD = 8.51; range = 31 - 71) participated in six separate youth and parent focus groups. Guided by reflexive thematic analysis, we constructed two themes: 1) inclusive, welcoming, and safe schools and 2) schools without cultural stressors and filled with supportive allies; each with three accompanying subthemes. Youths' and parents' reimagined ideal realities revealed needed changes in people and infrastructure within the school contex

SUBMITTER: Lorenzo-Blanco EI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12442754 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature