Seventy-two unselected male and female Anglo- and Mexican-American drivers found their progress blocked by a car that failed to move after a traffic light turned green. These experimental trials were systematically varied among six intersections in a city of dual ethnic population. Half the subjects in each ethnic class were frustrated by an old…

The results of four experiments comparing the behavior of children from two settings are reported in this article. (Authors)

Leisure participation patterns among Mexican-Americans were studied and compared to participation patterns among Anglo-Americans. Both groups demonstrated similar patterns in terms of the extensiveness and frequency of their participation. Influences of language, social isolation, and kinship groups are discussed. (Author/PP)

The curious association between romance and adverse circumstances is based on an extension of emotional attribution theory, which postulates that romantic notions are evoked when nonspecific physiological arousal is attributed to another person or to an interpersonal relationship. Data from a survey on stressful life events was examined to…

Living in America today are many hundreds of thousands of people whose lives are characterized by continual movement each crop season from town to town, from state to state, and from region to region. There are 3 large-scale pathways (streams) the migrants follow: (1) along the Pacific Coast, from southern California to Washington; (2) from the…

Analyzed self-disclosure patterns of Anglo Americans and Hispanics. Results reveal that females, in general, report significantly more disclosures than males. Anglo Americans indicate more disclosure than Hispanics, and disclosure among Hispanic males is particularly low. Suggests ethnicity was not a significant factor in determining preferred…

Investigated the relationship between aging and church attendance, religiosity, and prayer in a longitudinal study of 338 older Mexican Americans and Anglos. Results showed church attendance and prayer remained stable over time; religiosity increased somewhat. Only church attendance showed a significant effect on life satisfaction, particularly…

Compared the factor structure of a modified Behavior Problem Checklist for groups of Mexican-American and Anglo-American preschool children from low socioeconomic-class families. Only the Anxiety-Withdrawal dimension exhibited strong cross-cultural similarity. Results suggest that emergent classification systems should allow for cultural variation…

Explores the variable of social distance between teacher and learner by observing the pattern of interaction between Anglo- and Mexican-American mothers and their own preschool sons, boys from a similar background, and boys from a different ethnic and social class background. (Author/SDH)

One hundred and thirty-six 5- and 6-year-olds participated in this study, which investigated the extent to which cooperative, trusting behavior could be demonstrated between Mexican-American, Negro, and Anglo-American children. Also considered were some of the basic variables which were important in the development of such behavior. Similar and…

The study examines and compares free/spontaneous play behaviors of 20 Hispanic (from Ponce, Puerto Rico) and 20 Anglo (from State College, Pennsylvania) 5-year-old children from middle class socioeconomic strata. Within each of the groups there were 10 boys and 10 girls. Each child was observed in a group play setting in four observational…

Analysis of Anglo or Hispanic ninth-graders' (n=244) reports on coping strategies showed that females engaged in social relationships and creating change, either in actual or cognitive terms, more frequently than males. Boys tended to rely on stress reduction activities or diversions. Ethnicity tactics were also noted. (RJM)

Four hypotheses pertaining to conflict and its resolution in the team sport experience among seven Choctaw communities were tested: Choctaws have a unique conception of conflict vis-a-vis Anglos; this conception has a limiting effect on the exercise or occurrence of more dramatic forms of violence; this notion is reflected in Choctaw team sport…