01-16-2013 This Sage publication is a multidisciplinary behavioral sciences journal that publishes research and analyses on Hispanic issues. Scholarly articles provide theoretical, empirical, and analytical studies from leading experts in Hispanic Studies. Topics include cultural assimilation, communication barriers, intergroup relations, employment discrimination, substance abuse, AIDS prevention, family dynamics, and minority poverty. Recent issues have presented work on: acculturation tendencies in a border Latino population; ethnic price and cardiovascular health among Mexican American adults along the U.S.;b2Mexico border; the role of discriminatory experiences on Hispanic students' college choice decisions; prayer to the saints or the Virgin and health among older Mexican Americans; the role of siblings in Latino adolescents' academic motivation; attrition from premedical studies among Latinas; and psychosocial factors associated with recent alcohol use among Hispanic youth. Researchers and professionals in the fields of psychology, sociology, anthropology, education, linguistics, public health, economics, and political science will find this title important to their work. (Woolums, Jill)