Family Dynamics And Aggressive Behavior

The minority individual experiences feelings of discontent and discomfort with group views that may be quite rigid in the resistance and immersion stage. A Latino individual that may form a deep relationship with a person outside their culture may experience considerable pressure from his or her culturally similar peers to break off the relationship because that person is the “enemy.” However, the personal experiences of the individual at

In America today, we are faced with several different minority groups arriving to the United States. The most common of all minority groups are the Hispanics. America is known for their language being English, but as the year's approach, that language has faded and a new face in English language has taken over, it's called Spanish. We as the people of America have become controversial over this major change, and due to that major bilingualism and political movements that have occurred from the government to the education departments. In this paper, I am going to talk about the four most common Hispanic groups in our country today and the political, social, linguistic, economic, religious, and familial conventions and/or statuses that they

This paper will be addressing the differences between American and Latino culture. American culture is an individualistic culture in which everyone tries to be unique from one another and more successful. Success in the American culture typically means being wealthy. Americans make decisions based off of their own personal needs unlike Latino culture. Latino culture is based off of collectivism where the family is the most important aspect in their lives. Latinos are more likely to make decisions based off of the best interest of their families not necessarily themselves. The primary language Americans speak is English whereas Latino Americans typically speak Spanish. One thing that both cultures share is the importance of a good education.

Different sub-groups among the Latino Community possesses varying rates of psychological disorders. A recent study, conducted by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, surveyed those of the Latino and Hispanic Communities in the United States. This study revealed, that generally, 27% of Latinos reported having higher levels of depression. Among the various Latino groups, those having a lower score of 22.3% were those of the Mexican descent and those having a

Ernesto Quinonez 's novel is very influential and gives insight into the harsh reality of being a minority in America. Quinonez also speaks on the history of the Latino culture and the life experiences. The fabricated stories based on true events, affected Latinos as well as other nationalities. This book has served its purpose and is speaking to families, friends, wives, husbands, and children on being aware and conscious of the reality that surrounds them. This novel amazed me with the political and historical content surrounding the Latino community, and it is extremely powerful as it shows independence in its own culture. The novel uses its content to bring awareness of Latino ethnic identity, their way of life, and defines social factors from within. (Barajas 2014)

The Southwest United States is an area of great diversity. It is located on the border between the US and Mexico. In this region there are four main ethnicities represented: Hispanics, African Americans, Anglo Americans, and Native Americans. These groups interact daily working in the same offices and going to school together. Youth of each ethnicity face risks as they grow up. By focusing on the Hispanic adolescent girl the extent of the possible risks to one ethnicity can be explored. These risks will include motivation at school, the risk of dropping out of school, the at-risk classification, which includes gang involvement, and teen pregnancy. The results of studies focused

This study will be conducted to find the correlation between Latino youths and smoking. The hypothesis for this study will be “Youths of Latino origin are more likely to have a higher smoking rate.” To assess what sets an individual at risk for smoking and what ethnicity is more at risk, three additional research questions will be used to understand the association with Latino youths and smoking. For example,

The research was done in a residential facility in which the subjects were legally mandated to go through treatment, meaning they were not able to drop from the study. The subject criteria included adolescent males between the ages of 14 and 17 that had a history of issues with aggression and whose families were willing

According to the NCES in 2005 14% of students in a high school had been reported having physical fights on school property for that year is what Larson (2010) stated after reviewing information. Aggression and its causes can result in physical violence as well as emotional violence. Interpersonal relationships can be at risk if aggression is allowed to grow. Aggression at any age can cause such issues and more, but emerging adults and adults are held most accountable for controlling one’s own aggression. Emerging adults’ level of aggression can often be

It cannot be ignored the many negative problems among Hispanics, especially those that it have something to do with crime “Problem behavior among Hispanics has frequently been examined within the context of the acculturation process. Defined as the process wherein two cultures come into contact resulting in significant change in one or both, acculturation has been linked to a number of social, behavioral, and health-related outcomes such as school dropout” (HollyVentura Miller, Chris L. Gibson, 2011, p.

The paper discusses how peer pressure is a major contributor to behaviours of men in Latino communities. This influence affects both the way that the men perceive themselves and also how the broader Latino community sees them. The inference is that these behaviours while not identical can be extended

The presence of siblings who serve as a target for aggression is an indirect effect and increases the risk of becoming physically aggressive in the high aggression trajectory group. Well noted direct risk factors in the high aggression trajectory group include: maternal age, alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy; maternal antisocial history during school years; antisocial fathers and inter-parental conflict. Preschoolers coping with high levels or intensity of family conflict struggle emotionally and may express their hostility physiologically through heart rate activity or skin conductance response monitored preschoolers for heart rate and skin conductance whilst they were watching an angry interaction between two adults. Girls from high

However, a recent study found that Hispanic children who are between the ages of four and six often struggle with depression, anxiety, and somatization due to common parenting styles within Hispanic culture (Cohen, 2015). Hispanic parents tend to control by teaching their children to be obedient and show absolute respect for adult authority. They also control their children by clear rules, high standards, strict

Male participants reported that they agreed with a magnitude of 2.2222 with a standard deviation of 1.39443. The results of the study were consistent with the hypothesis that boys are more physically aggressive than girls, for the mean for male participants reporting their tendency to become involved in physically aggressive altercations with peers was higher than for female participants. However, it is important to note that the questionnaire that was used to determine the physical aggressiveness of the female and male participants when they were young may have had some weaknesses. Because it was a self-report style questionnaire, each participant may have had a different definition for the meaning of “strongly agree” and “strongly disagree,” and the participants may either have exaggerated or responded too conservatively, for perhaps they could have felt uncomfortable revealing their true responses. They could also have forgotten or simply not know how belligerent they were in their elementary years. Some other forms of gathering data could include peer assessments, which are comprised of the participants’ peers (i.e. family members) evaluating his or her aggressiveness during his/her youth years, or physically observing the behavior of elementary school children in a classroom setting. Should this study be repeated, it could be taken further to investigate the magnitude of other types of aggression in boys and girls, such as verbal aggression and indirect aggression, or evaluate whether there is a variation in the results for aggression based on gender across different age

2) The researchers already knew that certain personal and social factors played roles in relation to aggression. Also, they knew that aggression is seen more in males than in females, as well as being more prominent in older adolescents. Specifically for Chinese adolescents, it was already known that there was high educational pressure that contributed to stress and eventually could lead to aggression. This brings culture and race into consideration for this study since the focus was Chinese adolescents. Also, they researchers didn’t know much about the impact of the possible relationships between the factors that could lead to aggressive behavior, which is part of what