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This study provides a comparison of similarities and differences with respect to ethnic identity between Anglo and Chicano adolescents from Texas. A path analysis model was used to test a theoretical assumption concerning proposed antecedents and consequences of self‐esteem. Research instruments included the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, the Semantic Differential (scales for Myself and My Ethnic Group) and the McGuire White Measure of Social Status. Results were consistent with the interpretation that there is a relationship between being Chicano and having lower self‐esteem, lower behavioral adjustment, and higher ethnic esteem. The prediction that ethnic esteem would mediate between ethnic group and self‐esteem was upheld. Variables such as ethnic group membership per se and sex appear as or more important to the prediction of behavioral level. Clinical implications include recognizing that Chicanos low in self‐esteem or behavioral adjustment should not automatically be considered unusual. The problems faced by this group are considered as having something in common with other groups of people who have more problems, lesser status, fewer resources, and fewer sources of available help.

EVERAL recent studies have failed to confirm predictions derived from the theory of authoritarian personality. Earlier experiments by Rokeach (27) and 11,12) have shown that people who are high on authoritarianism tend to be rigid and intolerant of ambiguity. Employing the personality scales developed by members of the California research project on prejudice (1), Eriksen and Eisenstein (9), Brown (3), Jones ( 16), and Masling (18) have not found high authoritarians to be more rigid, intolerant, or maladjusted than so-called low authoritarians. After reporting a series of negative findings, Masling suggests that, "... the concept ('authoritarian') be re-examined in the light of the data, purified of value judgments, and put to use again as a research instrument" (18, p. 318).The present investigation represents an attempt to contribute to further understanding and clarification of these controversial matters. More specifically, the purpose of this study is to examine relations between authoritarianism and reactions to ambiguous auditory and visual stimuli. Further, authoritarianism will be related to measures of intellectual functioning and adequacy of personal adjustment. METHOD SubjectsTwenty male undergraduates were selected from a larger group of students who volunteered to take a series of psychological tests.

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