The Relationship Of Socio-Cultural Variables To Selected Personality Traits Among A Group Of American Indians

Author

Albert B. Hiat

Publication Date

6-16-1975

Abstract

The relationship of socio-cultural variables to selected personality variables was examined utilizing a sample of 141 Pueblo adolescent boys and girls from grade 7 through 12 with a mean age of 14. 9. Each subject was administered the 16PF and the TIB and predictions were made about scores and scoring distributions based on the Pueblo socio-cultural system as described in the anthropological literature. With a few exceptions the sample mean scores and score distributions were not significantly different from those of the norm groups of the tests utilized. A process of biculturation on plural acculturation was proposed to explain the lack of differences between the sample and the norm groups. Further research was suggested to examine the psychological implications of biculturation in several areas of functioning.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Educational Leadership

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

First Committee Member (Chair)

Wayne Paul Moellenberg

Second Committee Member

Albert William Vogel

Third Committee Member

Daniel Berch

Recommended Citation

Hiat, Albert B.. "The Relationship Of Socio-Cultural Variables To Selected Personality Traits Among A Group Of American Indians." (1975). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/educ_teelp_etds/562