ACCULTURATION AND COMPETITION AMONG MEXICAN-AMERICANS - A RECONCEPTUALIZATION

Authors
LUCAS JR STONE GL
Citation
Jr. Lucas et Gl. Stone, ACCULTURATION AND COMPETITION AMONG MEXICAN-AMERICANS - A RECONCEPTUALIZATION, Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences, 16(2), 1994, pp. 129-142
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
Journal title
Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
07399863
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
129 - 142
Database
ISI
SICI code
0739-9863(1994)16:2<129:AACAM->2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Constructs used to compare competitiveness in Mexican-Americans and An glo-Americans have employed a unidimensional and possibly biased defin ition of competitiveness. In this study, 55 Mexican-Americans at three levels of schooling were surveyed to examine competition by a more co mprehensive standard including the relationship between acculturation and competitiveness. Previous findings depicting Mexican-Americans as noncompetitive when compared to Anglo-Americans were not supported