In questionnaires on ethnic stereotypes, (1) Hispanic and White U.S. Navy recruits indicated favorable stereotypes of their own groups (autostereotypes); (2) Whites had a more uniform autostereotype than Hispanics; (3) the White stereotype of Hispanics was generally positive but not uniform; and (4) the Hispanic stereotype of Whites was positive…

Mainstream and Hispanic naval recruits responded to a role differential consisting of 30 roles judged on 20 behavior scales taken from a previous study of American and Greek role perceptions. Results were compared with data from a role differential specifically designed for Hispanic and mainstream recruits. (GC)

Data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of 1979 and 1980 were analyzed: (1) to determine whether the meaning of locus of control differed among different groups (Hispanics versus whites, males versus females, those with low versus those with high socioeconomic status, and civilians versus those in the military); (2) to examine relationships…

A multistrategy approach (involving use of informants to select items, a multidimensional scaling method, factor analysis, and nomological validation) was applied to refine 24 of Collins's locus of control items for use among Hispanic and non-Hispanic subjects. Only the Difficult-Easy World factor was found to be clearly cross-culturally…