Despite the deleterious mental health and health consequences experiences of perceived discrimination can have on ethnic and racial minorities in the United States, a dearth of qualitative studies exist to develop a better understanding of such experiences. As part of a larger study examining psychosocial stress events, and in an effort to fill…

Reports on the treatment of Hispanic women in six college introductory sociology textbooks. Finds that the depiction, although well intentioned, is distorted. Employing a feminist interpretive analysis, asserts the need for revision of sociology texts to avoid four problematic presentation strategies. (CFR)

The New Environmental Paradigm scale of environmental concern was applied in two survey populations to determine whether differences in ethnic background influenced preferences toward the environment. Results indicated that Hispanic users were ecologically attuned to the environment on a par with non-Hispanics from the general population.…

This chapter synthesizes the studies described in this volume and situates them within a broader policy context, concluding with implications for practitioners and researchers. (Contains 9 online resources.)

Data from 304 family service center clients were analyzed to assess how the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) operated when used with different ethnic populations. Results indicated the CSQ-8 operated about the same, whether administered to Anglos or to persons of Hispanic origin, or in English or Spanish. (NQA)

This study examined how high-achieving Latino college students perceive the receptivity of their institutions to a Latino presence on campus. The multi-institutional study had the prime objective of identifying areas for institutional improvement and increasing awareness by college administrators of specific campus climate issues facing talented…

Compared cognitive appraisals and incident ratings of urban American Indians (N=50), Anglo-Americans (N=50), and Hispanics (N=47) on revised version of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale. Results indicated no overall significant differences among groups. On individual life events items, groups differed significantly on cognitive appraisal of 8…

Almost 19,000 Dade County Public School students--all the members of the 8th grade cohort in June 1980--were followed across four and a half years in a study of dropouts. Major findings include the following: (1) at the end of the follow-up period, 29.5% of the cohort had dropped out (19% of Asians, 26.4% of Whites, 29.3% of Hispanics, and 33.9%…

The purpose of this research was to assess and analyze the frequency and trends of multicultural counseling articles in thirteen journals published by the American Counseling Association (ACA) from 1980 to 1996, with specific focus on four racial and ethnic groups prevalent in the United States: African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native…

A study was conducted of White, Black, and Hispanic parents with children enrolled in south Los Angeles County private Christian schools, in order to determine and compare their expectations of the schools. The increase in Christian school enrollment during the 1970's has been attributed to both white flight from contemporaneous desegregation…

Recognizing that some of the lessons educational television teaches children are cultural--how to be members of their own cultural group, for example, or what other cultural groups are like--a study developed qualitative methods for the formative evaluation of the accuracy of an educational television program's cultural content with respect to the…

Finds that open admissions at City University of New York in the early 1970s resulted in a dramatic increase in degree attainment by Blacks and Hispanics. Concludes that more flexible aid programs, improved high school curricula, and stronger preparation in two-year colleges can increase future attainments and narrow educational inequalities. (DM)

This book features scholarly criticism on works by 19 famous authors, such as N. Scott Momaday, James Welch, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, and more. These authors' works are widely taught, but little critical comment is yet available about them. Written specifically for instructors in literature courses,…

These four tables of statistical data report Delaware public school racial and ethnic information compiled from the September 30, 1989 school enrollment reports. Table 1, "Racial and Ethnic Report by School, Pupil Enrollment," reports the number and percentage of enrollment of the following groups by school and by school district: (1)…

This report summarizes and compares data, extracted from U.S. Census Bureau reports, relating to the numbers and relative earnings of artists from different racial and ethnic backgrounds and for male and female artists. Results indicate that Black and Hispanic workers are underrepresented in artist occupations in relation to their numbers in the…