| Noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch (on your own) | |
| Open Discussion: Reflections on the History of Groves Barbara H. Settles & Roger Rubin Groves Board of Directors |
Hilton Garden Inn Hunter House |
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| 1:30 – 3 pm | Workshop Session: Family Resilience among Mexican-American Elderly Charles Huber, Merranda Romero Marin & Jeannette E. Montoya New Mexico State University |
Hilton Garden Inn Lower Level |
| 3 – 7 pm | Greektown Arts Festival (on your own) | Greektown |
Mexican-American families possess cultural mechanisms that parallel those family protective factors found in the resilience literature. These include la adaptabilidad (adaptable personality), la sabidurķa (compensating experiences), menos stressors (fewer stressors), and pariente (supportive environment). This workshop will consider the results of a recent research investigation of Mexican-American elderly which found significant positive relationships between their perceptions of life satisfaction and three of the four primary family protective factors (la adaptabilidad, la sabidurķa, and pariente). In this investigation, however, no significant relationship was found between menos stressors and life satisfaction. An unexpected observation was found among those 50% of participants reporting the highest levels of life satisfaction, two-thirds were also among the 50% who reported experiencing the highest number of stressors. The implications of these findings and their use as a basis for potential assessment and intervention efforts with this population will be the focus of this workshop presentation. Videotaped interview excerpts will provide “in action” illustrations of both assessment and intervention protocol.
