Hispanic Psychology Offers Students, Researchers, And Practitioners The Most Contemporary And Complete View Of Psychological Writings Available Today. The Topics Tackled By Distinguished Editor Amado Padilla And A Team Of Social Scientists Include Adaptation To A New Culture In The U.s., 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. The Problems The Contributors Explore Are Not Simple - They Include Chicano Male Gang Members, Homeless Female Aids Victims, And The Educational Resiliency Of Students.--book Jacket. Environmental Influences And Personal Choice : A Humanistic Perspective On Acculturation / Raymond T. Garza And Placida I. Gallegos -- Mexican American Family Functioning And Acculturation : A Family Systems Perspective / Erich J. Rueschenberg And Raymond Buriel -- A Multidimensional Measure Of Cultural Identity For Latino And Latina Adolescents / María Félix-ortiz De La Garza, Michael D. Newcomb, And Hector F. Myers -- Acculturative Stress : Minority Status And Distress / Delia H. Saldaña -- Ethnic Identity And Self-esteem : A Review And Integration / Jean S. Phinney -- Ethnic Identity And Adaptation Of Mexican American Youths In School Settings / Matha E. Bernal, Delia S. Saenz, And George P. Knight -- Ethnic Identity And Bilingualism Attitudes / Aida Hurtado And Patricia Gurin -- Hispanic Mental Health Research : A Case Of Cultural Psychiatry / Horacio Fabrega Jr. --^ Cultural Considerations In The Use Of Dsm-iv With Hispanic Children And Adolescents / Richard C. Cervantes And William Arroyo -- Clinical Issues In The Treatment Of Chicano Male Gang Youths / Jerald Belitz And Dianna M. Valdez -- Language As A Communication Barrier In Medical Care For Hispanic Patients / Rosa Seijo, Henry Gomez, And Judith Freidenberg -- Cultural Differences In Attitudes And Expectancies Between Hispanic And Non-hispanic White Smokers / Gerardo Marín [and Others] -- Communicating The Hiv/aids Risk To Hispanic Populations : A Review And Integration / Gustavo A. Yep -- Impact Of Poverty, Homelessness, And Drugs On Hispanic Women At Risk For Hiv Infection / Adeline Nyamathi And Rose Vasquez -- Hispanic Masculinity : Myth Of Psychological Schema Meriting Clinical Consideration / J. Manuel Casas [and Others] -- Sex Role Identity Among College Students : A Cross-cultural Analysis / Brunilda De León --^ Hispanic Househusbands / Sharon Kantorowski Davis And Virginia Chavez -- Theoretical Assumptions And Empirical Evidence For Academic Achievement In Two Languages / Kathryn J. Lindholm -- Academic Invulnerability Among Mexican American Students : The Importance Of Protective Resources And Appraisals / Sylvia Alatorre Alva -- Educational Policy And The Growing Latino Student Population : Problems And Prospects / Pedro Reyes And Richard R. Valencia. Amado M. Padilla, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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