PEER INFLUENCE ON SHARING BEHAVIOR OF MEXICAN-AMERICAN AND ANGLO-AMERICAN BOYS.

This investigation (a) considered what effect experiencing independent versus dependent success would have on Anglo-American and Mexican-American boys as reflected in their subsequent sharing behavior with classmates and (b) provided a cross-cultural comparison on sharing after each type of success. On the basis of data reflecting a cultural proclivity to cooperate and to devalue independent success, it was hypothesized that Mexican-American boys would be more likely to share than Anglo-American boys. Furthermore, experiencing a helpful peer in the dependent success experience is thought to affect sharing through eliciting a norm of deservedness, as well as through modeling and imitation. It was thus hypothesized that those boys (both Mexican-American and Anglo-American) who were helped to achieve success would be more likely to share than those succeeding independently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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