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Peer reviewedGuinn, Bobby – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1998
Health locus of control was investigated across culture of origin (Mexicanism), mainstream culture (Americanism), and bicultural linguistic-acculturation domains among 424 Mexican-American adolescents. Belief in powerful others' external control was the strongest explanation of locus of control in the culture-of-origin domain; internal control was…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Biculturalism, Cultural Influences
