ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

PART 1

Health Locus of Control
Psychosomaticism
Psychosomaticism and Psychoimmunology
HLC and Psychosomaticism

PART 2

Health Reality Models
The (Cultural) Etiology of Illness
Mode of Acculturation
Well-Being and Mode of Acculturation
Mode of Acculturation and HLC

METHODS

Participants
Materials
Design
Procedure

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

Discussion of Results
Confluence Approach
Cultural Competence
Creativity Amidst Disillusionment
Stress in the 90's
Regaining Control
When Externality is Better
Future Studies

REFERENCES

APPENDIXES

Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C

SPECIAL THANKS

Results

The correlation between PCS and HLC using regression analysis was marginally significant: F(1, 158)=3.69, p=.056, in a positive direction. The correlation between DSI and HLC also using regression was not significant: F(1,158)=1.05, p=.31, although individuals high on dominance exhibited lower HLC scores. When utilizing the categorical Mode of Acculturation, rather than continuous DSI, there was no significant difference between individuals in assimilated or integrated mode from separated or marginal modes on HLC scores: F(1, 158)=.37, p=.54, although scores were again in the predicted direction.

Influence of demographics on MAS:
In the current sample, race significantly predicted DSI: F(4, 155)=10.7, p<0.000, with Caucasian/ Europeans displaying the highest scores and those in the category ‘other' displaying the second highest scores. Race did not predict ESI: F(4,155)=.67, p=.61.