Risk and resilience: Dual effects of perceptions of group disadvantage among Latinos

Article Abstract:

A study used structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the concurrent negative and positive effects of perceived group disadvantage on self-esteem among Latinos. SEM analyses indicated that the total effect, direct and indirect, on self-esteem was not significant, suggesting that among Latinos the deleterious consequences of perceived belonging to a devalued and disadvantaged group were fully counterbalanced by the positive effects of intervening variables.

Psychological aspects, Self-esteem, Self esteem

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When conveying a message may hurt the relationship: Cultural differences in the difficulty of using an answering machine

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The use of answering machines might show cultural differences as answering machines primarily serve the function of conveying information. A dual-task paradigm used to assess whether leaving a message on an answering machine was more demanding task for Japanese than for American speaker found that Japanese speakers find a lack of backchannel feedback from the recipient more disturbing than Americans do.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing, Telephone Answering Devices, Methods, Usage, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Interpersonal communication, Americans, Japanese, Japanese (Asian people), America, Telephone answering and recording equipment, Answering machines

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'To eat or not to be eaten?' Collective risk-monitoring in groups

Article Abstract:

The way in which individuals monitor risks collectively by extending a behavioral ecological model of animal foraging to human groups is discussed. Results show that the risk level in the foraging environment may moderate social dynamics.

United States, Science & research, Research, Behavioral assessment, Behavioural assessment, Foraging, Foraging (Animal feeding behavior)

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