title: A preliminary investigation of multicultural perspective and life satisfaction.
abstract: The present study represents a preliminary investigation of Ramirez' contention that developing a multicultural identity would lead to better mental health and more life satisfaction. Using a tentative index of a multicultural perspective analysis indicated that, although a multicultural perspective is associated with more life satisfaction, it accounts for only 8% of the variance. Further, one of the measures used by Ramirez to measure an aspect of a multicultural perspective was not correlated with life satisfaction, and another correlated negatively. This latter measure accounts for only 6% of the variance in life satisfaction. Combined, these findings provide limited support for Ramirez perspective by explaining 14% of the overall variance in life satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Sociology, Angelo State University, TX, San Angelo 76909, USA. Robert.Mowrer@Angelo.edu
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Mowrer
authors.forename: Dawn M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: McCarver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology