Sixty subjects divided equally among Anglo-Americans, Black Americans, and Hispanic Americans participated in the study. They were classified as chronic pain patients by medical diagnosis and duration of pain. They were drawing Workers' Compensation and were all blue-collar workers from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Cognitive complexity is a measure of individuals' ability to construe their feelings, events of their lives, and their world in a meaningful manner. Cognitive complexity appeared to differ among the cultural groups as indicated by significantly different functionally independent construct scores. Anglo-Americans appeared to have a greater internal complexity than did Black Americans and Hispanic Americans.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc332535 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Murry, Joe Mitchell |
| Contributors | Lawlis, G. Frank |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 106 leaves : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Murry, Joe Mitchell, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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