Mexican-American and Anglo-American mothers' beliefs and values about child rearing, education, and language impairment.
This study investigated the cross-cultural and intra cultural diversity of mothers' beliefs and values regarding child rearing, education, and the causes of language impairment. Thirty Mexican-American and 30 Anglo-American mothers of children with language impairments completed 2 questionnaires, and 10 randomly selected mothers from each group participated in an interview. In addition, the Mexican-American mothers completed an acculturation rating scale. Results indicated that Mexican-American mothers held more strongly traditional, authoritarian, and conforming educational and child rearing beliefs and values than Anglo-American mothers. Mexican-American mothers cited extrinsic attributes as the cause of their children's language impairment, whereas Anglo-American mothers cited intrinsic attributes. Mexican-American mothers exhibited differences in their beliefs that were related to their level of acculturation to the mainstream culture.
Rodriguez
Barbara L
BL
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of New Mexico, 1712 Lomas NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. brodrig@unm.edu
Olswang
Lesley B
LB
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003469:Culture; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D012945:Social Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People