THE PHILOSOPHY THAT GUIDES SOCIETY IS DETERMINED TO SOME EXTENT BY THE INTERPRETATION GIVEN TO THE PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE. NEW MEXICO IS INHABITED BY TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITH A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE WHO ARE BOTH STRIVING TO LIVE PEACEFULLY WITH EACH OTHER. THEIR DIFFERENCES COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. BOTH THE ANGLOS AND THE MEXICANOS MAY…

Compared to other children, Mexican-American children seem less responsive in test-taking and classroom situations. This behavior may be due to a generalized tendency to be conservative risk-takers. This study investigates aspects of this problem by testing four hypotheses: (1) that Mexican-American preschoolers would take fewer chances on a…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of Mexican American and Anglo American students toward speech types that represent different social and ethnic groups. The subjects were 88 Mexican American and 61 Anglo American students in the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th grades in 2 school systems. The technique used was the matched-guise…

Mexican American and Anglo perceptions of a Southwestern university environment were compared using the College and University Environment Scales. The instrument was used as a psychological test rather than a group consensus instrument. Construct validity was maintained using factor analysis to determine the most meaningful items for the sample of…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a difference exists between the grade achievement of Mexican American and Anglo college students. The study was conducted at the University of Texas at El Paso. A stratified random sample of 480 students equally divided between Anglos and Mexican Americans was drawn from unmarried full-time…

The specific goals of this study were: (1) to develop a survey instrument for both the English and Spanish speaking that would be understood easily and be nonthreatening; (2) through the use of community representatives, select "items" to be included in the questionnaire that would be particularly relevant to the needs and problems of…

Cognitive and behavioral measures were administered to heterogeneous and homogeneous Mexican-American and Anglo groups at the beginning and end of the prekindergarten year. The results suggest that the learning environments of both homogeneous and heterogeneous groups have a facilitating influence. (SB)

A comparison of the responses of Anglos and Mexican Americans to interview items designed to measure fatalism and familism shows a moderate ethnic difference in fatalism and a larger difference in familism. (Author/JC)

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…

Examined attitudinal differences between Mexican-American and Anglo-American college students (N=400) toward psychologists and psychiatrists. Results showed differences in knowledge and attitude between the two samples, i.e., Mexican-Americans would rather seek help from clergy for psychological problems. (BH)

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…

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…