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

Appendix A; Demographics Questionnaire

A. Please indicate your responses to the following questions by marking questions 1 through 4 on your scantron.

1.Gender:
1. male
2. female

2.Race/ Ethnicity:
1. African/ African American
2. Asian/ Asian American
3. Caucasian/ European American
4. Hispanic/ Hispanic American
5. Native American
6. Other

3.Age:
1. younger than 18
2. 18
3. 19
4. 20
5. 21
6. older than 21

4.Socioeconomic Status:
1. lower class
2. lower middle class
3. middle class
4. upper middle class
5. upper class