Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and Anglo-Americans estimated equal intervals of idle time and time spent working at meaningful tasks; whereas younger Anglo-Americans and all older groups perceived the idle time as longer, younger minority culture group perceived no difference in the two times; an interpretation incorporating negative order…

The role of affective and associative meaningfulness in the learning styles of Chicanos and Anglos was examined. Chicano and Anglo undergraduates (N=64) were compared on learning of affectively and associatively assessed consonant-vowel-consonant trigrams. Chicanos differed significantly from Anglos in affective learning scale. (Author)

The cross-cultural appropriateness of the Mirels and Garrett (1971) Protestant Work Ethic Scale was assessed by comparing the factor structures of Anglo American, Chicano, and Mexican samples. Full scale comparisons indicated endorsement in the following order: Mexicans, Chicanos, and Anglo Americans. Cultural differences in orientation towards…

Clash of cultures produces the defeatism erroneously called shyness in the Spanish-speaking child. (Author/ML)

The tape-recorded cries of low- and high-risk newborn infants were rated by 150 inner-city Anglo-American, Black-American, and Cuban-American mothers during the hospital lying-in period following childbirth. Reliable differences were found between low- and high-risk infant cries on all of four perceptual responses, with culture and parental…

Aspects of intimacy and satisfaction were explored for a volunteer sample of 54 Mexican American and 30 Anglo-American married couples. Data were collected by questionnaire through network sampling. Partner similarity was evident in all three groups, and marital satisfaction was best predicted for all groups by passionate love scores. (FC)

Currently, the German higher education system is undergoing drastic reform. Competitive structures and funding mechanisms are being introduced that are already successfully used in other countries. However, critics state that cultural differences prevent the effective application, in German universities, of funding mechanisms and incentives…

As part of an effort to investigate the cultural characteristics of Cuban Americans and to develop culturally appropriate mental health treatment models for this population, a study of Cuban/Anglo American adolescent value differences was conducted. To study cultural variables, a Value Orientations Scale was developed based on the work of…

To examine the question of how and to what extent Mexican American and Anglo mothers differed in their assessments of desirable role behavior for the teachers of their children, a 27-item Likert-type scale was devised and used to interview 10 Mexican American and 10 Anglo mothers. The questionnaire, written in both Spanish and English, was…

The determination of whether or not the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is a valid screening device to use with a culturally diverse populace was examined. The study was conducted at New Mexico State University (NMSU) using 2 sample groups. Sample A consisted of 560 Anglos and 101 Mexican Americans tested by the NMSU Counseling Center during a 2-year…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences in mobility attitudes existed between Anglo and Mexican American female high school students. The variables used to determine this were (1) socio-economic status, (2) world view, (3) homemaking-work orientation, and (4) level of occupational aspiration. The sample consisted of 339…

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.…

The article describes the impact of assimilation on the fertility differentials of Japanese American and Mexican American women compared with those of majority White women and demonstrates the importance of including direct measures of assimilation in studies of assimilation effects. (Author/SB)

Results from this study on mothers' conceptions of child development suggest a complex picture of diversity in Mexican-American mothers who retain values and beliefs from their own culture and take on values and beliefs of the American culture. (PCB)