Puerto Rican Children and Their Behavior Problems in School: A Descriptive Analysis of Fourteen Closed Cases Known to the Bureau of Attendance, Case Unit, New York City Board of Education, 1952-1954
Abstract
During the past 10 years and especially since the end of the Second World War, professional people from almost all branches of Science are becoming more aware of the influence of cultural traits upon personality. This trend is reflected in the article "New Emphasis on Cultural Factors," in which Miss Margaret Mead emphasizes the importance of taking into consideration cultural as well as individual differences, especially in marriage. She criticizes the wave of marriages, which she calls "without reason to exist," contracted during the years of World War II (1941-46). She says that "Most of the divorces and separations occurred in mixed marriages of people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds who married prematurely. This can be thought of as a good observation if we consider it as a help to under-stand the interrelationships of family problems found in this cosmopolitan city population. Gradually, situations not understood will possibly be clarified and perhaps solved as a result of the combined use of this kind of analytical method and consideration of cultural differences.
Subject Area
Cultural anthropology|World History
Recommended Citation
Asencio, Anibal, "Puerto Rican Children and Their Behavior Problems in School: A Descriptive Analysis of Fourteen Closed Cases Known to the Bureau of Attendance, Case Unit, New York City Board of Education, 1952-1954" (1956). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31050571.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31050571
