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Peer reviewedKnight, George P.; Kagan, Spencer – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1982
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.…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Birth Order, Children, Competition
Peer reviewedKagan, Spencer; Madsen, Millard C. – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Behavior Patterns, Competition, Cooperation
Peer reviewedKagan, Spencer; Zahn, G. Lawrence – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1983
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…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Competition
