The Role of Behavioral and Cognitive Cultural Orientation on Mexican American College Students Life Satisfaction Academic Article

abstract

• We examined the role of behavioral (acculturation and enculturation) and cognitive cultural orientation (independent and interdependent self-construal) on Mexican American college students life satisfaction. Analyses explained 28% of the variance in life satisfaction, with social class, grade point average, and independent self-construal being unique predictors. Furthermore, enculturation was associated with increasing life satisfaction among those low in interdependent self-construal, whereas acculturation was associated with decreasing life satisfaction among those high in independent self-construal. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

authors

• Ojeda, Lizette

published proceedings

• Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

author list (cited authors)

• Ojeda, L., Edwards, L. M., Hardin, E. E., & Pia-Watson, B.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Ojeda, Lizette||Edwards, Lisa M||Hardin, Erin E||Piña-Watson, Brandy

publication date

• January 2014

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Hispanic Higher Education  Journal

keywords

• 52 Psychology
• 5205 Social And Personality Psychology
• Basic Behavioral And Social Science
• Behavioral And Social Science
• Clinical Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/1538192713513464

start page

• 63

end page

• 74

volume

• 13

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1538192713513464