Tests of cognitive style and questionnaires on socialization practices and Mexican-American family values were administered to children and their mothers in three Mexican-American communities in southern California. Subjects from the "traditional" community which was most identified with the sociocultural premises of Mexican culture were…

Found that increasing generation level was associated with decreasing frequency of altruism/group-enhancenment and equality choices and increasing frequency of rivalry/superiority choices, supporting an acculturation to the majority rather than acculturation to the barrio model. (Author/AM)

When shown drawings that depicted children of different racial/ethnic groups as victims of a minor mishap, White children found it funnier to see children of other groups victimized in humor than children of their own group. Blacks and Mexican Americans had no humor preferences concerning the victim's racial affiliation. (Author/MJL)

Tested the hypothesis that differences in cooperative-competitive social behavior between Anglo-Americans and Mexican Americans is a result of larger family size among the latter group. Found that, even after controlling for number of siblings and birth order, statistically significant differences in such behavior remained between the two groups.…

The relative saliency of social comparison and anxiety reduction as motives for interpersonal affiliation was examined in nearly 100 Chicano and Anglo adolescents. The experiment's failure to replicate the findings of Darley and Aronson was probably due to lack of functional equivalence across cultural groups. (Author/GC)

Mother-child pairs in a small Mexican town and in Los Angeles, California, were observed in two experimental situations in which the mother either controlled the rewards given to the child for success or failure, or selected achievement goals for the child. The children from Mexico were found much less competitive, less rivalrous, and more…

Studied the structure and personality correlates of affect among predominantly Mexican university students using a list of Spanish affect terms and a Spanish translation of the Big Five personality dimensions. Results were compared with those from previous research in other countries. There was sufficient support for cross-cultural compatibility…

It was found that from second to third generation, Mexican American children increasingly approach Anglo American norms with respect to field independence, reading achievement, and math achievement. Opposite trends were obtained with respect to self esteem; no significant effects were found with regard to locus of control. (Author/AM)

This study investigates attribution of responsibility in a rigorous factorial design involving ethnicity, sex, and age. The cultural factor was highly significant. Explanations for the strong findings are suggested in terms of different family structures among minority groups as well as their subordinate status within the U.S. (Author/AM)

As predicted, Anglo American children are significantly more field independent, higher on in achievement, and tend to be higher on in power; Mexican American children tend to be higher on in affiliation. (Author)

Assesses perceptions of 28 Spanish-speaking and 17 English-speaking Mexican American couples of the stereotypes that they believe Anglo-Americans ascribe to them. Examined the degree of subjects' perceptions as a function of (1) subject gender, (2) level of education, (3) language spoken, and (4) ethnic self-identification. (Author/LHW)

This study investigated the ethnic and racial awareness, self-identification, and ethnic group preference in Anglo, Black, and Chicano preschool and third-grade children. (Author)

The argument here is that the passivity inherent in Chicano culture as reflected in disclaimed activity in dreams is general enough to be found even in relatively acculturated and educationally advanced Chicanos like the subjects in this study. (Author)

Examined the degree to which Chicano and Anglo students agree on sex roles as described in literature characterizing the traditional Mexican family. Results of a questionnaire yielded significant differences for sex and ethnicity, with Chicano males agreeing more with stereotypic sex roles than Chicano females and Anglo males and females.…

To assess patterns of ethnic choice, Anglo, Black, and Chicano second- and fifth-grade children were asked to relate 12 statements to ethnic cues presented in a photographic and sociometric modality. Patterns of ethnic choice were influenced by age and sex of the children and examiner ethnicity. (Author)