TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns of American immigration and their influence on the acquisition of neuropsychological norms for Hispanics
AU - Llorente, Antolin M.
AU - Pontón, Marcel O.
AU - Taussig, I. Maribel
AU - Satz, Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by a grant from the UCLA CIRID-Fogarty AIDS International Foundation #TW00003-07 to Antolin M. Llorente. The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to Professor Nora Hamilton, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California for her guidance and assistance researching American migratory patterns and for her suggestions on a preliminary draft of this manuscript. The authors also wish to express their gratitude to Johnette Clark, Ph.D. and Professors Vicki Green, Department of Psychology, University of Northern Arizona and Julia Hannay, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Houston for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this monograph. We also like to thank the staffs at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University Research Library (URL, Government Documents Division) and the City of Houston Public Library (Downtown Branch, Government Documents and Humanities Sections) for their assistance in locating immigration information.
Copyright:
Copyright 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved.
PY - 1999/10
Y1 - 1999/10
N2 - This article examines patterns of legal American immigration (migrations to the United States from abroad) and their direct impact on the acquisition of neuropsychological (NP) normative data for Hispanics. The nonrandom and selective nature of these migrations, and their accompanying demographic attributes, are shown to significantly influence the acquisition process. Specifically, the direct impact of several potential sources of bias while procuring NP norms is explored. Total number of immigrants (absolute immigration), occupational allegiance (and possibly education), and intended area of initial residence seem to play influential roles as a result of their direct impact on demographic characteristics known to have significant effects on neuropsychological performance. Possible solutions capable of enhancing the acquisition process are also addressed. Copyright (C) 1999 National Academy of Neuropsychology.
AB - This article examines patterns of legal American immigration (migrations to the United States from abroad) and their direct impact on the acquisition of neuropsychological (NP) normative data for Hispanics. The nonrandom and selective nature of these migrations, and their accompanying demographic attributes, are shown to significantly influence the acquisition process. Specifically, the direct impact of several potential sources of bias while procuring NP norms is explored. Total number of immigrants (absolute immigration), occupational allegiance (and possibly education), and intended area of initial residence seem to play influential roles as a result of their direct impact on demographic characteristics known to have significant effects on neuropsychological performance. Possible solutions capable of enhancing the acquisition process are also addressed. Copyright (C) 1999 National Academy of Neuropsychology.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0887-6177(99)00009-8
DO - 10.1016/S0887-6177(99)00009-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 14590574
AN - SCOPUS:0032834151
SN - 0887-6177
VL - 14
SP - 603
EP - 614
JO - Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
JF - Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
IS - 7
ER -
