Toward a Fuller Conception of Machismo: Development of a Traditional Machismo and Caballerismo Scale

Autor/inn/en	Arciniega, G. Miguel; Anderson, Thomas C.; Tovar-Blank, Zoila G.; Tracey, Terence J. G.
Titel	Toward a Fuller Conception of Machismo: Development of a Traditional Machismo and Caballerismo Scale
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55 (2008) 1, S.19-33 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Antisocial Behavior; Mexican Americans; Coping; Measures (Individuals); Hispanic Americans; Males; Mexicans; Masculinity; Aggression; Scores; Educational Attainment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Hispanoamerikaner; Bewältigung; Messdaten; Hispanic; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Mexikaner; Männlichkeit; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	Machismo is an important concept describing men's behavior in Mexican culture, yet it is not well defined. Most conceptions of machismo focus on a restricted, negative view of hypermasculinity. The authors posit that a fuller conception consists of 2 parts: traditional machismo and caballerismo, which is a focus on emotional connectedness. The authors developed a scale to measure these dimensions and found support for these 2 independent factors in 2 separate studies of Mexican American men. Traditional Machismo was related to aggression and antisocial behavior, greater levels of alexithymia, and more wishful thinking as a coping mechanism. Caballerismo was positively associated with affiliation, ethnic identity, and problem-solving coping. Traditional Machismo was also associated with less education, whereas there were no differences across education level on Caballerismo scores. These results support the more complete, two-dimensional representation of machismo. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10