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Castillo, Linda G.; Lopez-Arenas, Araceli; Saldivar, Isaac M. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2010
This study examined the influence of acculturation, enculturation, parental education level, financial concerns, and gender on 106 Mexican American high school students' decisions to apply to college. Results indicated that acculturation and female gender were significant predictors. Implications for interventions with Latino high school students…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Mexican Americans, High School Students, Hispanic American Students
Chae, Mark H.; Foley, Pamela F. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2010
The current investigation examined the relationship of ethnic identity, acculturation, and psychological functioning among 334 Chinese, Japanese, and Korean American participants. Multiple regression analyses revealed that ethnic identity and acculturation differentially predicted well-being on the basis of ethnic group membership. Results also…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Ethnicity, Acculturation, Well Being
Fernandez, Ivelisse Torres – Communique, 2015
In the southwestern United States, there is a group of children who are referred to as "borderland children" who experience additional challenges that place them at higher risk of developing mental health and other related problems. For the purpose of this article, borderland children are defined as children who reside in towns and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Mental Health, Health Services, Immigration
Djuraskovic, Ivana; Arthur, Nancy – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 2009
Although the displacement of people from their home countries is of growing concern, little attention has been paid to refugees in the counselling literature. Experiences of refugees are more complex and difficult than those of voluntary immigrants because refugees are typically pushed out of their countries. Using heuristic inquiry, four main…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Acculturation, Foreign Countries, Refugees
Ibrahim, Farah A.; Dykeman, Cass – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2011
In this article, the authors identify the cultural and spiritual assessments needed to conduct counseling with Muslim Americans and Muslim immigrants to the United States. Assessment processes are outlined that include cultural identity (which subsumes several variables); worldview; spiritual assessment along with acculturation level and migration…
Descriptors: Muslims, Acculturation, Immigrants, World Views
Patel, Sheetal G.; Salahuddin, Nazish M.; O'Brien, Karen M. – Journal of Career Development, 2008
Individual (gender and acculturation), microsystem (social support), exosystem (socioeconomic status), and macrosystem (racism) variables were examined as predictors of career decision-making self-efficacy in a sample of 85 Vietnamese adolescents in the Washington, D.C., area. English language acculturation and peer support accounted for unique…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Self Efficacy, Acculturation, Adolescents
Harper, Faith G. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2011
Statistics show that two thirds of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIs/ANs) live outside of tribal areas, and 50% of those individuals who seek counseling services will not use tribal resources. There is a strong likelihood that counselors will have the opportunity to provide services to AI/AN clients. The review of the academic literature…
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Counseling Services, American Indians, Alaska Natives
Ramos-Sanchez, Lucila – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2009
This study examined the effects of counselor bilingual ability and counselor ethnicity on client-perceived counselor credibility and cultural competence. Participants were assigned to 1 of 4 treatment conditions created by crossing counselor ethnicity with counselor language. No significant differences were found. Regarding rank ordering of the…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Mexican Americans, Credibility, Bilingualism
Castillo, Linda G. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2009
The purpose of this article is to examine how intragroup marginalization has a potential impact on Latino college students' psychological adjustment. The concept of intragroup marginalization in this context relates to the perceived rejection of students by persons of their heritage culture group in response to the students' acculturation efforts…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Hispanic Americans, College Students, Rejection (Psychology)
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
Choi, Jayoung L.; Rogers, James R.; Werth, James L., Jr. – Counseling Psychologist, 2009
Scholars have based their understanding of college-student suicide in the United States largely on the study of European Americans, and therefore, its relevance to making culturally informed decisions with suicidal Asian American college students is unclear. This article explores aspects of suicide assessment potentially unique to Asian American…
Descriptors: College Students, Suicide, Confidentiality, Values
Park-Taylor, Jennie; Walsh, Mary E.; Ventura, Allison B. – Professional School Counseling, 2007
This article has two purposes. First, it integrates the underlying principles of developmental systems theory (Ford & Lerner, 1992; Lerner, 2002, 2004) with the most recent research on immigrant youth. Second, based on an analysis of both theory and research, it offers implications for school counseling professionals' work with immigrant youth…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, School Counseling, Immigrants, Acculturation
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Rayle, Andrea Dixon; Myers, Jane E. – Professional School Counseling, 2004
The influence of ethnic identity, acculturation, and mattering on wellness was examined for 176 minority and 286 non-minority adolescents attending a public high school. Participants completed the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, the Stephenson Multigroup Acculturation Scale, the General Mattering Scale, the Mattering to Others Questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Prevention, Minority Groups, Guidance
Asner-Self, Kimberly K.; Feyissa, Aleme – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2002
Immigration to a different country can change one's socioeconomic status, familial and social networks, cultural behavioral norms, language, and values. Immigrants to the United States usually reevaluate themselves and their identity as a result of this acculturation process. Group counseling can help alleviate the sense of isolation many…
Descriptors: Poetry, Social Networks, Group Counseling, Immigrants
Pak, Jenny H. – 2001
Current models of acculturation and cultural identity are primarily devoted to identifying the course or the levels at which it takes place, but they are severely limited in describing how a sense of self is fashioned out of multiple social and cultural contexts. The acculturative process is impacted, for example, by the reasons for immigration,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Context, Ethnicity, Females