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The Relationship of Acculturation to Cognitive Style among Mexican Americans

University of California (Santa Cruz)

Alfredo Castaneda

Stanford University

P. Leslie Herold

California State College (San Bernardino)

Tests of cognitive style were administered to Mexican-American children and their mothers in three communities in southern California. Questionnaires on socialization practices and Mexican-American family values were also administered to the mothers. Subjects from the "traditional" community-in which members were most identified with the sociocultural system of Mexican culture-scored in a field-dependent direction. Subjects from the "atraditional" community, whose members are most influenced by mainstream American middle-class values, were most field-independent in cognitive style. Children and mothers of the community influenced by both cultures-the "dualistic" community-obtained scores between those of the other two groups. Mothers from the traditional community were most frequently in agreement with items reflecting indicators of the field-dependent "socialization" cluster, and also with items reflecting the sociocultural system of Mexican-American culture.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 5, No. 4, 424-433 (1974)
DOI: 10.1177/002202217400500404


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