Masculinity, femininity, and Hispanic professional men's self-esteem and self-acceptance.
Research suggests that in the United States, Hispanic professional women's self-esteem is affected by their unique challenge of balancing U.S. majority cultural values with their own, more family-oriented ethnic values. In the present study, the effect of this ethnic minority/majority cultural differential on U.S. Hispanic men's self-esteem was investigated. Differences in self-esteem, self-acceptance, masculinity, and femininity among U.S. Hispanic professional men, non-Hispanic professionals, scientists, college students, and clients seeking counseling were examined. Masculinity scores were significantly higher for Hispanic professional men than for all other groups of men, and self-acceptance scores were significantly lower for Hispanic professional men that for non-Hispanic professionals and students.
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University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131, USA.
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D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002321:Career Choice; D002322:Career Mobility; D005783:Gender Identity; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009516:New Mexico; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept