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.…

A replication of two previous studies, this study examined the effect of both sex and ethnicity on attitudes toward women, self-reported masculinity-femininity, and masculine-feminine stereotypic attitudes. The Attitudes Toward Women Scale (AWS) and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ) were administered to 367 college students (112 Anglos,…

A model of inquiry was designed to test the correlation between certain socioeconomic variables and school achievement of Spanish-speaking 1st-graders in San Antonio, Texas. For analyses of these variables as predictors of achievement and attendance, 305 Mexican American children were used; 5 Mexican American, 4 Negro, and 3 Anglo schools were…

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between adolescents (particularly males) and their parents. The sample for the study consisted of 2,293 male and 2,482 female adolescents from 27 high schools representing all major regions of the United States. Each student in the sample completed a questionnaire measuring his parents'…