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Autor/in | Guinn, Bobby |
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Titel | Acculturation and Health Locus of Control among Mexican American Adolescents. |
Quelle | In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 20 (1998) 4, S.492-99 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0739-9863 |
Schlagwörter | Acculturation; Adolescents; Biculturalism; Cultural Influences; Health; Locus of Control; Mexican Americans; Self Concept |
Abstract | Health locus of control was investigated across culture of origin (Mexicanism), mainstream culture (Americanism), and bicultural linguistic-acculturation domains among 424 Mexican-American adolescents. Belief in powerful others' external control was the strongest explanation of locus of control in the culture-of-origin domain; internal control was the best predictor of health reinforcement in mainstream and bicultural domains. (Author/SAS) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |