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Cultural styles and adolescent sex role perceptions: an exploration of responses to a value picture projective test

twice a minority : mexican american women • St. Louis, Missouri • Published In 1980 • Pages: 164-172

By: Long, John M., Vigil, James Diego.

Abstract

This document examines by means of a projective test the cultural styles and adolescent sex role perceptions of two groups of Chicano students in the suburban areas east of Los Angeles, California. These students consist of those youths most Mexican in their cultural orientation and those most successfully integrated into the Anglo-American dominent culture of the vicinity. The test administered to these subjects is called the value picture projective test, which was first developed at UCLA by Walter P. Goldschmidt. The results seem to indicate that 'Mexican-oriented students indicate more traditional values in some regards but not in others; females differ from males on some issues but not others. In important cases, the Anglo-oriented Chicana differs in an opposite direction from the male than is the case among the Mexican-oriented adolescents. The picture that emerges lends little support for stereotyping the young Chicana (or her male coutnerpart) with traditional values but also differs from the imagery projected by some of the more radical Chacana feminists. The young women surveyed here project a blend of traditional role expectations, self-assertive intentions, and pragmatic values '(pp. 171-172).

HRAF PubDate

2002

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Social Scientist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 2001

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

1970s

Coverage Place

East Los Angeles, California, United States

Notes

John M. Long and Diego Vigil

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172)

LCCN

80011177

LCSH

Mexican Americans