Based on a replication and modification of an earlier study, 43 Cuban American participants judged 15 fictitious portraits of male adolescents on four rating scales (Scales A to D), as well as judged degrees of cultural similarity or difference among the portraits (Scale E). The portraits reflected a diversity of characteristics related to location of current residence, language spoken, parents’ethnicity, parents’occupation, parents’highest educational levels, family religion, and annual family income. A multidimensional scaling analysis of Scale E data extracted three dimensions: Spanish-Only Speakers/ Non-Spanish Speakers (42% of explained variance), Affluence/Non-Affluence (28% of explained variance), and an uninterpretable dimension (5% of explained variance). In addition, mean portrait ratings on Scale A (Cultural Similarity) and Scale D (Comfort) were correlated significantly with portrait coordinates on the Affluence/Non-Affluence dimension. In a cluster analysis of Scale E data, subgroups of portraits were formed on a variety of cultural traits and not on ethnicity alone.
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