Examination of the ecological relationships between the relative size of Hispanic and Anglo populations and their respective poverty rates in the urban Southwest indicates that as the proportion of Hispanics in an area increases, both Hispanics and Anglos at lower socioeconomic levels are negatively affected and Hispanic poverty ratios increase.…

Providing student clients with background information about their prospective Chicano or Anglo counselors may increase the counselor's attractiveness, regardless of his ethnicity. Male counselors appear significantly more attractive as more information is provided about them, although subjects appear to have no preference for counselors of the…

Examines the differences in concern for death among Mexican Americans and Anglo Americans, by testing college students from both groups, and states some implications for psychotherapy. The article notes that there is no relationship in either group between death concern and psychological adjustment. (SB)

The verbal participation of Anglos, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans in group therapy sessions for alcoholic patients was examined. Fifteen therapy groups with a total number of 265 alcoholic inpatients were recorded. Anglo patients had significantly higher verbal participation than either Mexican American or Native American patients. (NQA)

Chicano and Anglo fourth-grade children were categorized into three acculturation levels and contrasted on two tests of field dependence. No relationship occurred between level of acculturation and field dependence or type of reinforcement. Additional study is needed to control for the correlations among field dependence, acculturation, SES, and…

Interviews were conducted with 102 urban Mexican, Mexican American, and Anglo American women to examine health-illness beliefs in five health domains as related to acculturation level: folk and hot-cold beliefs, beliefs of responsibility and control over own health, and cardiovascular disease and stress-illness beliefs. Mexican-origin women mildly…

A southern California telephone survey of 396 European American, native-born Latina, and foreign-born Latina mothers with a child aged 5 or younger examined differences in child care practices and preferences, availability of extended family to provide child care, availability of affordable day care centers, and satisfaction with their current…

Interviews with 232 Mexican American and Anglo single mothers in the San Jose (California) area examined ethnic differences in characteristics of social support networks: network size, proportion of kin, and size and density of friend network. Findings were influenced by socioeconomic status and, within the Mexican American sample, by generation…

The original MMPI was criticized as being invalid with minority populations. When the revised MMPI-2 was administered to 400 Mexican American and Anglo American college students, the groups differed significantly on most content scales and several validity and clinical scales. However, absolute score differences were not so large as to preclude…

A survey of 72 Mexican American and 196 Anglo community-college students examined attitudes about alcohol use, addiction models, and the relative effectiveness of four types of alcoholism treatment programs. Mexican American students reported less alcohol use and rated all programs as more effective than did Anglos. Among Mexican Americans,…

The exploratory study of nearly 20,000 college students indicated that Chicanos are more likely to select areas for study leading to people-oriented careers. Chicanos are not more likely to choose areas in which they do well nor is a professor's ethnicity significant in a student's GPA. (SB)

Finds that, among 263 Hispanic and 150 non-Hispanic White smokers, Hispanics smoked fewer cigarettes, had lower levels of perceived addiction to nicotine, and had higher perceived self-efficacy to avoid smoking, but these differences shrank with greater acculturation. Discusses implications for smoking cessation programs. Contains 27 references.…

Examined the dream content of 90 female college students in San Antonio (Texas) and Mexico City. Reflecting their bicultural development, Mexican-American women were in between Anglo-American and Mexican women with respect to the frequencies of five of seven dream elements (characters, emotions, achievement, environmental press, aggression,…

Forty Mexican American and 40 Anglo American college students completed the Moral Justification Scale, containing moral dilemmas involving "care" (interpersonal) and justice considerations. Care scores were higher for females than males, and for Mexican Americans than Anglo Americans. No differences were obtained on the justice measure.…

The cross-cultural appropriateness of the Mirels and Garrett (1971) Protestant Work Ethic Scale was assessed by comparing the factor structures of Anglo American, Chicano, and Mexican samples. Full scale comparisons indicated endorsement in the following order: Mexicans, Chicanos, and Anglo Americans. Cultural differences in orientation towards…