Hispanic Psychology: Critical Issues in Theory and ResearchAmado M. Padilla How can psychology contribute to our understanding of Hispanics in the United States? Edited by Amado M. Padilla, Hispanic Psychology offers students, researchers, and practitioners the most contemporary and complete view of psychological writings available today. The topics tackled by a team of social scientists include adaptation to a new culture in the United States, the role of the family in acculturation, ethnic identification for Hispanics, health and mental health service and research needs of Hispanics, and changing gender roles in Hispanic culture. This volume examines such complex subjects as Chicano male gang members, homeless female AIDS victims, and educational resiliency of students with authority and perceptivity. This book brings together diverse psychological issues that will spark an interest in anyone wishing to have a current perspective on the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. "Libraries serving graduate students in the areas of psychology, education, child development, or Latino studies should find this book helpful." --Choice "The growing presence and relevance of ethnic and cultural issues in many mental health disciplines has a cogent demonstration in this handsome volume. The strength of this volume is in its well-conceived and realized research studies. Indeed, the "new scholarship" of conceptual models, measurement instruments, and interpretive approaches, drawing heavily on the social context in which Hispanics live, gives this book a prominent place among its peers. This volume will become a landmark in the task of defining the realities and the fate of Hispanics in the United States of the twenty-first century." --Renato D. Alacrón in Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review |
Contents
A Humanistic Perspective on Acculturation | 3 |
A Family Systems Perspective | 15 |
Chapter 3 A Multidimensional Measure of Cultural Identity for Latino and Latina Adolescents | 26 |
Minority Status and Distress | 43 |
Part II Ethnic Identity and Behavior | 55 |
A Review and Integration | 57 |
Chapter 6 Ethnic Identity and Adaptation of Mexican American Youths in School Settings | 71 |
Chapter 7 Ethnic Identity and Bilingualism Attitudes | 89 |
A Review and Integration | 196 |
Chapter 14 Impact of Poverty Homelessness and Drugs on Hispanic Women at Risk for HIV Infection | 213 |
Part V Gender Studies Research | 229 |
Myth or Psychological Schema Meriting Clinical Consideration | 231 |
A CrossCultural Analysis | 245 |
Chapter 17 Hispanic Househusbands | 257 |
Part VI Education and Academic Achievement | 271 |
Chapter 18 Theoretical Assumptions and Empirical Evidence for Academic Achievement in Two Languages | 273 |
Part III Clinical Research and Services | 105 |
A Case for Cultural Psychiatry | 107 |
Chapter 9 Cultural Considerations in the Use of DSMIV with Hispanic Children and Adolescents | 131 |
Chapter 10 Clinical Issues in the Treatment of Chicano Male Gang Youths | 148 |
Part IV Health and AIDS Research | 167 |
Chapter 11 Language as a Communication Barrier in Medical Care for Hispanic Patients | 169 |
Chapter 12 Cultural Differences in Attitudes and Expectancies between Hispanic and NonHispanic White Smokers | 182 |
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