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Chaidez, Virginia; Hansen, Robin L.; Hertz-Picciotto, Irva – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Objectives: To compare differences in autism between Hispanic and non-Hispanics. We also examined the relationship between multiple language exposure and language function and scores of children. Methods: The Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) study is an ongoing population-based case-control study with children…
Descriptors: Autism, Genetics, Receptive Language, Expressive Language
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Santos, Silvia J.; Hurtado-Ortiz, Maria T.; Sneed, Carl D. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2009
This study examined the validity of the Klonoff and Landrine Illness-Belief Scale when applied to Latino college students (n = 156; 34% male, 66% female) at high risk for future diabetes onset. Principal factor analysis yielded four significant factors--emotional, folk beliefs, punitive, gene/hereditary--which accounted for 64.5% of variance and…
Descriptors: College Students, Diabetes, Factor Analysis, Correlation