Abstract
Using the revelation risk model (RRM), we examined factors that might motivate family-undocumented youth (i.e., youth who are undocumented or who have an immediate family member who is undocumented) to confide in a teacher(s). Latent transition analysis with 414 Latina/o/x 9th-12th grade students uncovered three profiles: concerned indirect revealers (i.e., moderate teacher-student relational closeness, highest perceived risk of disclosing, lowest communication efficacy, moderate indirect disclosure, low direct disclosure), relationally-close revealers (i.e., strongest teacher-student closeness, low perceived risk of disclosing, low communication efficacy, and highest moderate indirect and direct disclosure), and confident nonrevealers (i.e., moderate teacher-student closeness, lowest perceived risk of disclosing, highest communication efficacy, and lowest indirect and direct disclosure). Greater fear of deportation at Wave 1 predicted relationally-close revealers becoming concerned indirect revealers three months later. These findings identify experiences that could affect the extent to which family-undocumented youth turn to a teacher(s), which has implications for youth's well-being.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 27-55 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Journal of Communication |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to thank the school administrators and students who contributed to this study. This project was supported by two internal grants that were awarded to the first author. The grants are The University of California, Santa Barbara's Institute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research Social Science Research Grant and the Academic Faculty Senate's Pearl Chase Grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s) 2020.
Keywords
- disclosure
- immigrants
- revelation risk model
- teacher
- undocumented
