Chicanos were characterized as emphasizing early assumption of reponsibility, expressing less support and control attitudes, ascribing to more permissiveness than Anglos, and being less equalitarian in child-rearing attitudes than Anglos or Blacks. Cross-ethnic differences were more attributable to Chicano fathers than Chicano mothers. (NQ)

Measures of psychological symptoms were administered to 124 sexually abused Latina, African-American, and white girls, aged 6-18. Compared to a standardization sample, subjects had higher depression and anxiety and poorer self-concept. White girls had experienced longer abuse than other subjects, but ethnic groups did not differ in symptom level…

The study investigated the responses of Chicanos, Blacks, and Anglos on the semantic differential to concepts related to sex and familial roles and to a series of questions related to sociocultural status. The overall pattern of results suggested that minority experience is more important than cultural experience in producing the observed…

A comparative investigation of extended familism among 455 Mexican Americans, Anglos, and Blacks living in an inner city indicated that Mexican Americans exhibited the highest level of extended familism and Anglos the least, and that Anglos moved away from the kin network while Mexican Americans and Blacks moved toward and within it. (DS)

Examination of neighborhood-level data from three northern California communities with large immigrant populations found that youth violence was not related to percentage of immigrants in the neighborhood population. Youth violence was positively related to alcohol availability and percentage of divorced adults, and negatively related to…

Data from a survey of 3,628 community health center clients were analyzed to assess how the eight-item Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) operates when used with different ethnic populations. Results indicated CSQ-8 operates about the same, whether administered to Anglos, Blacks, or persons of Mexican descent or other Hispanic origin.…

Examines comparatively how 279 Mexican American, Black, and White American college freshmen in Houston, Texas (1980) perceive themselves according to masculine, feminine, and androgynous measurements. Finds social class more influential than ethnicity/race in determining sex-role behavior of women; the higher the social class, the more homogeneous…

To test possible cultural differences in strength of individualistic motivation and explore reliability of different individualism measures, two individualism measures were administered to 476 Anglo American, 156 Mexican American, and 101 Black children, aged six to 12. Results indicated age but not cultural differences in strength of…