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Haboush, Karen L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
Individuals of Arab descent residing within the United States currently number between 1.2 million and 3.9 million. These families are characterized by considerable diversity depending upon their nationality, religion, and extent of acculturation to both Western and Arab cultures. More recently, Arab families have immigrated to the United States…
Descriptors: Values, Acculturation, School Psychology, Ethics
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Erickson, Chris D.; Al-Timimi, Nada R. – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2001
This paper presents background information on the cultural sociopathology of the Arab American experience. It discusses how, in order to effectively deliver services, mental health workers need to be aware of their own biases. It explores ways to provide culturally relevant mental health services to Arab Americans. (JDM)
Descriptors: Arabs, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship, Cultural Awareness
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Nassar-McMillan, Sylvia C.; Hakim-Larson, Julie – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2003
This article describes a focus group interview conducted with a group of therapists in a large-scale, comprehensive family service agency in an Arab American community. The interview format was semistructured, and the results confirmed what little was already known about the population and supplemented that body of knowledge with updated…
Descriptors: Arabs, Counseling, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship
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Grekin, Emily R.; Ayna, Dinah – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objective: To review the literature on college student waterpipe use with a focus on undergraduates in the United States. Participants: Undergraduate students. Methods: Studies were accessed using the databases PubMed, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Academic Search Premier. Searches included combinations of the following keywords: "waterpipe," "hookah,"…
Descriptors: Smoking, Comparative Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Databases
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Semyonov, Moshe – American Sociological Review, 1988
Examination of the effect of local labor market segregation on socioeconomic inequality between Jews and Arabs in Israel reveals that the rules by which minority members raise their socioeconomic status and the magnitude of disadvantages that superordinate groups force on minority groups vary considerably across bi-ethnic and mono-ethnic labor…
Descriptors: Arabs, Differences, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Bias