41st Annual Meeting of SCCR 8th Annual Meeting of SASci 3rd Annual Meeting of ACYIG Las Vegas, NV 2012 Riviera Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada, USA February 22-25, 2012 Riviera Hotel Map 1 Riviera Convention Center Map 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Page Hotel Map 1 Convention Center Map 2 Welcome to Southern Nevada! A Letter from the Organizing Committee 4 Acknowledgements, Local Organizing Committee, Program Committees 6 Organization Officers 7 SCCR Organization, Membership Information 8 SASci Organization, Membership Information 9 ACCIG Organization, Membership Information 10 SCCR Awards 11 Leigh Minturn Memorial Award for Early Career Cross-Cultural Research John & Beatrice Whiting Memorial Award for Outstanding Student in Cross-Cultural Studies Special Events 12 Keynote Speakers 13 Wednesday Program 14 Thursday Program 14 Friday Program 19 Saturday Program 25 Midwinter Meeting Program Division of International Psychology, American Psychological Association 29 Conference Abstracts Presentation Abstracts 31 Poster Presentations 76 Welcome to the Sin City: A Guide to Good Eats and Great Journeys 77 3 WELCOME LETTER Greetings from Southern Nevada! UNLV is proud to be hosting the joint 2012 meeting of the Society for Cross Cultural Research (SCCR), Society for Anthropological Sciences (SASci), and the American Anthropological Association Childhood and Youth Interest Group (AAACYIG). UNLV is situated in one of the most interesting and diverse environments in the United States. What is so exciting about being in Las Vegas you may ask? Think of it this way: UNLV is sitting within one of the world‘s largest living cultural laboratories. The arid environment, fast growing urban centers, and diverse population combine to create an interesting socio-cultural experiment deserving of study. Some have even said that Las Vegas is the laboratory of the future. What happens here isn‘t likely to stay here, but is being replicated throughout the world. Sin city is also referred to as an ―instant city‖ because it seemingly developed overnight, making it a compelling place to study the interplay of environmental, cultural and biological influences on human behavior. While local research is a key element of what we do, our faculty have widespread international research interests. From archaeological research on communities in Neolithic Turkey and Cyprus, to ethnoarcheological research in Alaska, to field sites right in our own back yard (e.g. the Great Basin and the desert Southwest), we are training archaeology students to approach important problems in collaborative, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary ways. We have a wide range of research foci - from studying youth languages in Tibet to how Neanderthal children grew and developed; from studying coalitional violence in Turkana pastoralists to health and violence in the ancient southwest. Have you ever wondered about the evolutionary significance of fathers and fatherhood? Or, about the ways that obesity and other metabolic syndromes are becoming a global epidemic? Or, about identity and love in China? We have the answers! In the non-academic realm, Southern Nevada is a mecca for hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, white water rafting, rock climbing and camping. Within driving distance of the campus are places of untold beauty such as Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire State Park, Zion and Bryce National Monuments, and Lake Mead Recreation Area. There is a vibrant arts and film community, not to mention the revitalization of ―old‖ Las Vegas by young innovative artists, entrepreneurs and professionals. Museums, art galleries, independent film houses and many other venues for creative and cultural activities exist within shouting distance of the University. We are happy to welcome you to our beautiful and lively city. We look forward to another wonderful year of scholarship and camaraderie at the SCCR/AACCIG/SASci meetings! William Jankowiak, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology President-Elect, Society for Cross-Cultural Research 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SUPPORT Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas The Scholar‘s Choice, Book Exhibitors College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas The Riviera, Las Vegas ReproGraphics, University of Las Vegas, Nevada LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas William Jankowiak, Professor Alyssa Crittenden, Assistant Professor (Conference Organizer) Ryan Harrod, Graduate Student Peter Gray, Associate Professor John J. Crandall, Graduate Student PROGRAM COMMITTEES SCCR Judy Gibbons, Program Chair Saint Louis University Pablo Chavajay University of New Hampshire Heather-Rae Espinoza California State University-Long Beach Hemalatha Ganapathy-Coleman Indiana State University Valerie Havill Gainesville State College, Georgia Ken Jacobson University of Massachusetts-Amherst Diana Marre University Autonoma de Barcelona Dung Ngo University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Mihaela Robila Queens College-CUNY Jill White University of Wisconsin-Green Bay SASci Benjamin Blount, Program Chair SocioEcological Informatics ACYIG David Rosen, Program Chair Fairleigh Dickenson University 5 ORGANIZATION OFFICERS SCCR President, Deborah Best Wake Forest University President-Elect, William Jankowiak University of Nevada, Las Vegas Past-President, Ziarat Hossian University of New Mexico Secretary, Carrie Brown Saint Louis University Treasurer, Lisa Oliver San Jose State University Parliamentarian & Archivist, Herbert Barry University of Pittsburgh Area Representatives: Dung Ngo (Psychology) University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse Mihaela Robila (Social Science) Queens College, City Univ. of New York Heather Rae-Espinosa (Anthropology) California State University-Long Beach SASci President: Peter Peregrine Lawrence University Past-President: John Gatewood Lehigh University President-Elect: Carol Ember HRAF Secretary: Peter Collings Durham University Treasurer: Murray Leaf University of Dallas, Texas Board Members: Jeffrey Cohen, Margo-Lea Hurwicz, William Dressler, [Pat Draper] Student Reps: Kristin Klingaman (U. Durham), Eric Kightley (Ohio State) Arleen Garcia-Herbst (U. California-S. Barbara) ACYIG Board Chair, Kristen Cheney International Institute of Social Studies Advisory Board: Jill Korbin Case Western Reserve University David Rosen Fairleigh Dickinson University Elisa J Sobo San Diego State University Rachael Stryker Mills College Thomas S. Weisner University of California Los Angeles 6 THE SOCIETY FOR CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH (SCCR) SCCR is a multi-disciplinary organization. Its members all share a common devotion to the conduct of cross-cultural research. SCCR members are professionals and students from the social science fields of Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, and related fields including Education, Family Studies, Social Work, Human Development, Psychiatry, Communications, Ethnic Studies, Business, etc. A distinguished characteristic of the Society, compared with other academic organizations, is that it is fundamentally inter-disciplinary and provides members with the opportunity to network with scholars from a wide variatey of approaches to cross-cultural and comparative research. Additionally, the SCCR is a fundamentally international society that provides members with the opportunity to engage in collaborations and scholarly conversation with scholars from across the world. Since its founding in 1971, SCCR has intentionally avoided growing too large, so that its members can know each other better, form lasting relationships, and provide genuine support to their fellow colleagues and students. MEMBERSHIP To join SCCR, submit the online application form and pay your dues online at http://www.sccr.org. You may also print and fill out the online form and mail it to the Treasurer along with your dues payment. Membership dues are NOT included in conference fees and should be sent only to the SCCR treasurer, online here or by mail. Membership in the Society for Cross-Cultural Research is based on the calendar year (a subscriber‘s calendar year beings the month SCCR receive the membership fee). Those who join now will receive the publications for the current calendar year, including all of the current year‘s issues of Cross- Cultural Research. Back issues of the journal are available online only. There are three categories of membership in SCCR. Regular, Student and Retired members receive Cross-Cultural Research, the Newsletter, 20% publishers discount from Sage Publications and Information Age Publishing, reduced meeting registration rates, and voting privileges in the association. Joint members share one copy of CCR. You may choose an alternate two-years dues payment option at a reduced rate. Current and new members: please use the following table to choose your dues amount. 1 Year 1 Year 2 Years 2 Years Type Single Joint Single Joint Regular 55 65 100 120 Retired 40 50 70 90 Student 35 45 65 85 Amounts are due in U.S. dollars. For dues/membership by mail: Make checks payable in US$ to the Society for Cross-Cultural Research. 7 THE SOCIETY FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES (SASci) The Society for Anthropological Sciences (SASci) was organized to promote empirical research and social science in anthropology. The members of SAS want to further the development of anthropological science as empirical knowledge based on testable theory, sound research design and systematic methods for the collection and analysis of data. We seek to fulfill the historic mission of anthropology to describe and explain the range of