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Dissatisfaction with economic circumstances is commonly thought to increase with temporal or cultural distance from Mexico, if, over time, immigrants or their offspring fail to experience substantial mobility within the US. However, interview data from Wc M heads of household in Ariz, Calif, Colo, & Tex (N = 48, 77, 60, & 119, respectively) do not support this argument. Immigrants & the less acculturated & assimilated do not perceive themselves as less deprived than other Mexican Americans. Actual income was found to be the primary factor influencing levels of reported economic well-being. 4 Tables, 13 References. Modified HA.

The nature of job termination and causal attribution for termination were examined for their association with psychological distress among a sample of working-class men in San Antonio, Texas who had recently become unemployed. Laid-off workers were found to experience significantly lower levels of distress than fired workers, largely because the former overwhelmingly defined job loss as a function of the economy. The fired typically attributed job loss to unfair treatment by employers, and they, like the laid off who made similar attributions, indicated significant distress. Psychological reactivity was by far the highest among fired and laid-off workers who reported having been unjustly terminated because of personal shortcomings or deficiencies. Contrary to conventional thought, job loss self-blame was not found to be associated with high levels of distress.

The proposition by John Walton (see SA 16:6/68D3820) that an increase in vertical ties results in a redistribution of power within a single community was tested. Data derive from a variety of sources including limited participant-observation, interviews, content analysis of newspapers, etc, & were collected in Crystal City, Tex, in 1970-71. Specifically, this is a case study of the way in which a formerly powerless minority group (the Chicanos) wrested power from the dominant power structure in a small Tex community, largely due to the increase in vertical ties. The community is described as it was prior to 1963, & data on vertical inputs 1963-1970 are then presented. It is concluded on the basis of the evidence, that an increase in vertical ties is related to pol'al change which contributes to a pluralistic power structure. 2 vertical ties were particularly important in Crystal City: (a) the Del Monte cannery located in the city in the 1940's; & (b) the org of a Teamster's Union local at the cannery in the mid-1950's. During the 1963 pol'al campaign the role of the absentee-owned Corp & the Teamster's union was crucial. Also, several extracommunity developments were evident in the Sch boycott of 1969. The development of the Chicano movement in the mid-1960's provided a perspective which encouraged the HSch students to develop & press their grievances. This eventually resulted in several of their number going to Washington, DC, & gaining the intervention of the US Justice Dept. A charismatic & knowledgeable leader performed a "linkage role" by relating the demands of the local Mexican Amer pop to relevant extracommunity systems. Walton's proposition was confirmed. M. Maxfield.

Given the massive volume of course-relevant videos now available on the Internet, this article outlines a pedagogy to facilitate the instructional employment of such materials. First, we describe special features of streaming media that have enabled their use in the classroom. Next, we introduce a typology comprised of six categories (conjuncture, testimony, infographic, pop fiction, propaganda, and détournement). We define properties of each video type and the strengths of each type in meeting specific learning goals common to sociology instruction. We conclude by discussing the importance of a video pedagogy for helping instructors to employ video more consciously and efficiently.

Although recent studies have linked pandemic unemployment with poorer mental health, the mechanisms underlying this association remain understudied. In this paper, we develop a mediation model to explain why pandemic job separation might undermine mental health. Using national data from the 2021 Crime, Health, and Politics Survey (n = 1,258), we test the indirect effects of pandemic job separation on psychological distress through several mechanisms. Mediation analyses reveal compound indirect effects of pandemic job separation on psychological distress through the primary pathway of financial strain and the secondary pathways of social support, self-esteem, mastery, religious struggles, and sleep disturbance. Absent the indirect effect of pandemic job separation through financial strain, we would have failed to observe any simple indirect effects through the other proposed mechanisms. Formal moderated mediation analyses also indicate that our observed indirect effects are invariant to subgroup differences in current employment status, education, and household income. In short, our indirect effects are observed for those respondents who were able to regain employment, those with college degrees, and those with the most financial resources. Our results suggest that the temporary expansion of public assistance has been insufficient to offset widespread unemployment and financial hardship during a global pandemic.