The Relationship Between Sociocultural Variables and Chicano and Anglo High School Student Responses on the Potency Dimension of the Semantic Differential

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7792845
AutoresAlex Ramirez (University of California, Riverside), Joe L Martinez (University of California, Irvine, autor de correspondencia), Esteban L Olmedo (American Psychological Association Washington, D.C.), Sergio Rodrigo Martinez (University of California, Riverside)
Año1981
Volumen3
Número2
Páginas177-190
Fecha de publicación1981-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/073998638100300205
OpenAlexW1946829202
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas6

The potency dimension of the semantic differential was used to investigate responses of Chicano and Anglo high school students on the concepts of (a) mother, (b) father, (c) female, and (d) male. Also, the ratings of both Chicano and Anglo students were related to various sociocultural variables related to family, socioeconomic status, language usage, and citizenship. The clearest ethnic differences were observed in the subjects' ratings of father and male. There were also powerful sex differences that crosscut ethnic lines. In general, the findings indicated that males are more stereotyped in their ratings than females. Chicanos are best discriminated from Anglos on the basis of language usage. Chicanos may be discriminated on the basis of the proportion of Chicanos found in the communities where they live, viewed in relation to either the birthplace or citizenship of the head of the household. This may represent a pattern of acculturation since citizenship (U.S. or Mexican) and birthplace (U.S. or Mexico) of the head of the household are related in an opposing manner to the percentage of Chicanos in the community. Finally, a multiple regression analysis that examined ethnic differences in relation to both sociocultural and semantic variables showed that the potency dimension of the semantic differential taps into psychological differences between Chicanos and Anglos

Acculturation · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Population · Semantic differential · Sociocultural evolution · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Diverse Academic Research Areas · Psychology · Social Psychology