Evidence That a Simpático Self-Schema Accounts for Differences in the Self-Concepts and Social Behavior of Latinos Versus Whites (and Blacks)

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1012-1028

  Holloway, Renee A ^a   Waldrip, Amy M ^a   Ickes, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural influences on self concept; cultural influences on social interaction; dyadic interaction; Latino social advantage; simp tico self schema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 65649113251     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013883     Document Type: Article

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