An examination of machismo and self-construal between adult English speaking and adult Spanish speaking populations

• Main Author: Wenger, Adam P.
• Other Authors: Alexander, Charlene M.
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Machismo > Cross-cultural studies.; Individualism > Cross-cultural studies.
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/188074; http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1355259

Culture is made up of numerous components that interact upon the individual to help form and shape his/her perspectives about the world. Two such components are machismo (the degree to which a population views gender roles as particularly male oriented) and self-construal (the internal attributions of individualism/collectivism). In a survey conducted among native English speaking individuals and native Spanish speaking individuals within the Midwestern United States, a measure of both of these components was used to determine whether there are differences in scores for selfconstrual and machismo between two samples. The results indicate that in the samples included, the native Spanish speaking group scored significantly higher on machismo, and the native English speaking cohort scored significantly higher on independent selfconstrual. Differences between the two groups for mean age and gender composition may explain the lack of significance for the measure of interdependent self-construal. === Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services