Parinav Kanwar

                                                                                                                            Parinav Kanwar, 330 words. 

Race and Gender Differences in Self-efficacy: Assessing the Role of Gender Role Attitudes and Family Background

This research study utilized sample from general education classes of a university in southern US. Although it was not random sample but representative of population. The researchers measured global self-efficacy using a standardized scale. They assessed sex role liberalism on an eight-item scale and obtained information on work and family structure of respondents. The researchers calculated statistical data and performed regression analyses to obtain results.  These results concluded that gender attitudes influenced self-efficacy for all groups except white males.  African American women reported higher self-efficacy.  This could also because of family structure in African American homes where self-reliant African American women are common which can influence the values of self-efficacy. It was also found that African American males supported more egalitarian views of gender roles thus had higher self-efficacy scores. It should also be noted that white females tend to have mother which either does not work or work part time but African American females have working mother as their role model. This might have led to different socialization and hence these results.

Food Insecurity and Low Self-efficacy are Associated with Health Care Access Barriers among Puerto-Ricans with Type 2 Diabetes

This Research obtained data of Puerto Ricans adult suffering with Type 2 diabetes through interview and blood sample in Hartford County. The independent variable was demographic and socio-economic variables, psychosocial variables, cultural variables, clinical variables and Diabetes self-care factors. The dependent variable was the assessment of commonly reported barrier for seeing a doctor. A computer software for statistical analyses was used to analyses the results and variables.  The results showed that low diabetes management self-efficacy was associated with higher perceived barrier for health access and utilization. The study also found that food insecurity was linked to health care assess and utilization.

Both Articles dealt with self-efficacy. The first article studied the issues effecting self-efficacy whereas the second research focused on the effect on self-efficacy on health of an individual. The research also focused on Latinos and Puerto Ricans whereas the first research was focused on which and Africans Americans.