The bicultural development of Mexican-American college women is studied here by comparing the manifest content of their dreams with that of their Mexican national and Anglo-American counterparts. On five of seven measures, Mexican-American women are the median group, demonstrating that they have more in common with each of their counterparts than do the other two with each other. Mexican national women identify significantly more emotions in their dreams than do Anglo Americans, but not significantly more than Mexican Americans. However, Mexican nationals do dream of significantly more experiences of good fortune and misfortune than either of the American groups.
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