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Tang M, Merrilees S. Understanding the Multifaceted Acculturation Process of Chinese Immigrants. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COUNSELLING 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10447-021-09424-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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John HB, Philip RM, Santhanam S, Padankatti SM, Sebastian T, Balan I, Rajapandian E. Activity based group therapy reduces maternal anxiety in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - a prospective cohort study. Early Hum Dev 2018; 123:17-21. [PMID: 30031995 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 07/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND A large proportion of mothers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) experience psychological distress, which is associated with adverse infant and parenting outcomes. Interventions addressing maternal anxiety in the NICU are scarce. AIMS To assess the effect of activity based group therapy on maternal anxiety in the NICU when compared to a control group. STUDY DESIGN The study was a prospective phase lag cohort study. In Phase 1 the control group was recruited and assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S) once at recruitment and again 4 weeks later. In phase 2, mothers were invited to take part in activity-based groups of 1 h duration once a week for 4 weeks. The STAI-S was administered before and after every group session. SUBJECTS Mothers of babies admitted in the NICU who consented to participate, had a working knowledge of Tamil or English and were likely to stay for 4 weeks for the treatment were included. OUTCOME MEASURES State anxiety assessed using the STAI-S. RESULTS Seventeen mothers each in the control and experimental groups completed the study. In the experimental group, there was a significant reduction in the post-test anxiety scores when compared to the pre-test in the first (p = 0.005), third (p = 0.07) and fourth (p = 0.009) sessions. The post-test anxiety scores of the intervention group was significantly lower than that of the control group (p = 0.009). CONCLUSION Activity based group therapy is effective as an intervention in reducing maternal anxiety in the NICU. SUMMARY Anxiety in mothers of infants admitted in the NICU has been associated with adverse infant and parenting outcomes. This study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of an activity based group intervention to reduce anxiety levels in mothers in the NICU. The study was a prospective phase lag cohort study. Anxiety levels were assessed in mothers in the control group at recruitment and then 4 weeks later. In the intervention group, activity based group sessions were conducted once a week for 4 weeks. State anxiety was assessed before and after every group session. In the intervention group the anxiety levels were significantly lower in the post-test, when compared to the pre-test. Also the number of mothers suffering from moderate to severe anxiety and the anxiety scores in the post-test were significantly lower in the intervention group when compared to the control group. We conclude that activity based group sessions are effective in reducing the state anxiety in mothers in the NICU. Improving maternal psychological wellbeing may indirectly contribute to better infant outcomes.
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- Hima B John
- Department of Neonatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- Department of Neonatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- Department of Neonatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Cultural Validity of Perfectionism Among Indian Students. MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/0748175611423109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Miller MJ, Lee RM. Factorial Invariance of the Asian American Family Conflicts Scale Across Ethnicity, Generational Status, Sex, and Nationality. MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/0748175609344093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dewell JA, Owen J. Addressing Mental Health Disparities With Asian American Clients: Examining the Generalizability of the Common Factors Model. JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2015.00183.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- John A. Dewell
- Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, Counseling, and College Student Personnel, University of Louisville
- Now at Department of Counseling, Loyola University New Orleans
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- Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, Counseling, and College Student Personnel, University of Louisville
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Kantamneni N. Vocational interest structures for Asian Americans, Middle-Eastern Americans and Native Americans on the 2005 Strong Interest Inventory. JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yeh CJ, Borrero NE, Tito P. Family and Cultural Predictors of Depression Among Samoan American Middle and High School Students. JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2013.00030.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kantamneni N, Fouad NA. Contextual Factors and Vocational Interests in South Asian Americans’ Vocational Development. JOURNAL OF CAREER ASSESSMENT 2012. [DOI: 10.1177/1069072712454699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Examining vocational interests is a central component of career counseling; yet, little research has investigated structural differences for specific subpopulations or the role of cultural factors on vocational interests. The purpose of this study was to examine the structure of interests, congruence between expressed and measured interests, and the relationship between contextual factors, congruence, and vocational interests for South Asian Americans. Circular unidimensional scaling analyses examined the structural nature of interests for females and males and found a better fit with Holland’s model for South Asian American females when compared to males. Correlation and multiple regression analyses found that contextual variables, such as acculturation, cultural values, and gender did not predict congruence but did predict vocational interest themes. Gender, acculturation, and individualistic and collectivistic cultural values predicted Realistic and Social interests.
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- Neeta Kantamneni
- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Gregersen AT, Nebeker RS, Seely KL, Lambert MJ. Social Validation of the Outcome Questionnaire-45: An Assessment of Asian and Pacific Islander College Students. JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2004.tb00627.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Pope M. Applications of Group Career Counseling Techniques in Asian Cultures. JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.1999.tb00209.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Phan LT, Rivera ET, Roberts-Wilbur J. Understanding Vietnamese Refugee Women's Identity Development From a Sociopolitical and Historical Perspective. JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2005.tb00348.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Yoo SK, Skovholt TM. Cross-Cultural Examination of Depression Expression and Help-Seeking Behavior: A Comparative Study of American and Korean College Students. JOURNAL OF COLLEGE COUNSELING 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1882.2001.tb00179.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Wilton L, Constantine MG. Length of Residence, Cultural Adjustment Difficulties, and Psychological Distress Symptoms in Asian and Latin American International College Students. JOURNAL OF COLLEGE COUNSELING 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1882.2003.tb00238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kim HH, Lee YJ, Kim HK, Kim JE, Kim SJ, Bae SM, Cho SJ. Prevalence and correlates of psychiatric symptoms in north korean defectors. Psychiatry Investig 2011; 8:179-85. [PMID: 21994503 PMCID: PMC3182381 DOI: 10.4306/pi.2011.8.3.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2010] [Revised: 03/03/2011] [Accepted: 03/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study is to assess the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and associated factors in North Korean Defectors (NKDs). METHODS One hundred forty-four NKDs (male: 20; female: 124; average age: 40.4±11.7 yrs.) completed the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D). A stepwise logistic regression analysis was conducted to evaluate factors associated with the psychiatric symptoms of the participants. RESULTS NKDs mainly reported somatization (42.4%) and depressive symptoms (38.9%). Female NKDs showed higher prevalence of somatization (p=0.001), anxiety (p=0.020), hostility (p=0.026) and psychoticism (p=0.022) than males. The presence of physical illness was strongly related to most psychiatric symptoms on the SCL-90-R including somatization (p<0.001), obsessive-compulsive symptoms (p=0.020), interpersonal sensitivity (p=0.031), depression (p<0.001), anxiety (p<0.001), hostility (p=0.011), paranoid ideation (p=0.015) and psychoticism (p<0.001). Younger age, unemployment, lower income, and longer duration of defection were found to be the risk factors of psychiatric symptoms. In regard to mental health service utilization, we found that most (83.3%) of the participants had not received any form of psychiatric help. CONCLUSION Somatization and depression were the most prevalent psychiatric symptoms in NKDs. Our results suggest that psychiatric symptoms accompany certain sociodemographic and clinical characteristics that are associated with susceptibility to acculturation stressors. An understanding of these factors will be helpful providing appropriate mental health services to NKDs.
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- Hyo Hyun Kim
- Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea
- Incheon Metropolitan Mental Health Center, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Mental Health, Seoul National Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Incheon Metropolitan Mental Health Center, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea
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Kanukollu SN, Mahalingam R. The idealized cultural identities model on help-seeking and child sexual abuse: a conceptual model for contextualizing perceptions and experiences of South Asian Americans. JOURNAL OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE 2011; 20:218-243. [PMID: 21442534 DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2011.556571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In this paper, we propose an interdisciplinary framework to study perceptions of child sexual abuse and help-seeking among South Asians living in the United States. We integrate research on social marginality, intersectionality, and cultural psychology to understand how marginalized social experience accentuates South Asian immigrants' desire to construct a positive self-identity. Using model minority ideology as an example of such a construction, we highlight its role in silencing the topic of child sexual abuse within this immigrant community as well as its impact on attitudes towards professional mental health services. We contend that our framework, the idealized cultural identities model on help-seeking and child sexual abuse, provides a unique analytical model for clinicians and researchers to understand how South Asian Americans process, experience, and react to child sexual abuse.
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Zhou Z, Siu CR, Xin T. Promoting cultural competence in counseling Asian American children and adolescents. PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/pits.20375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Relatively few studies focus on the psychological effects of trauma exposure on Asian Americans. This article presents secondary analyses of a random survey of 118 Asian American and 762 European American survivors of the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake. Asian American participants reported more psychiatric distress and were more than twice as likely to meet caseness criteria on the Brief Symptom Inventory. Ethnic differences remained after accounting for group differences in age, immigrant status, and exposure to the earthquake. Moreover, moderator analyses showed that Asian Americans were not more sensitive to these risk factors but that ethnic differences were explained by the interaction of ethnicity and having a foreign born parent. Though more work needs to be done to understand the basis of these differences, these findings challenge model minority myths about Asian American people and draw attention to their potential need for greater mental health resources following a natural disaster.
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Nayar KE, Sandhu JS. Intergenerational Communication in Immigrant Punjabi Families: Implications for Helping Professionals. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COUNSELLING 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s10447-005-9005-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Poulsen S, Karuppaswamy N, Natrajan R. Immigration as a Dynamic Experience: Personal Narratives and Clinical Implications for Family Therapists. CONTEMPORARY FAMILY THERAPY 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s10591-005-6217-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Constantine MG, Kindaichi M, Okazaki S, Gainor KA, Baden AL. A Qualitative Investigation of the Cultural Adjustment Experiences of Asian International College Women. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 11:162-75. [PMID: 15884986 DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.11.2.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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This qualitative study explored the cultural adjustment experiences of 15 Asian Indian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese international college women through semistructured interviews. By using consensual qualitative research methodology (C. E. Hill, B. J. Thompson, & E. N. Williams, 1997), 6 primary domains or themes related to these women's cultural adjustment experiences were identified via data analysis: their feelings and thoughts about living in the United States, perceived differences between their country of origin and the United States, their English language acquisition and use, their prejudicial or discriminatory experiences in the United States, their peer and family networks, and their strategies for coping with cultural adjustment problems. Implications of the findings for mental health practice are discussed.
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- Madonna G Constantine
- Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Constantine MG, Okazaki S, Utsey SO. Self-concealment, social self-efficacy, acculturative stress, and depression in African, Asian, and Latin American international college students. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY 2004; 74:230-241. [PMID: 15291700 DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.3.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The primary purpose of this exploratory investigation was to examine self-concealment behaviors and social self-efficacy skills as potential mediators in the relationship between acculturative stress and depression in a sample of 320 African, Asian, and Latin American international college students. The authors found several differences by demography with regard to the study's variables. After controlling for regional group membership, sex, and English language fluency, they found that self-concealment and social self-efficacy did not serve as mediators in the relationship between African, Asian, and Latin American international students' acculturative stress experiences and depressive symptomatology. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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- Madonna G Constantine
- Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University
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- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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- Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies, Howard University
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Wang VO. Multicultural genetic counseling: then, now, and in the 21st century. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2002; 106:208-15. [PMID: 11778981 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Scholars, educators, and practitioners have argued that racial-cultural issues are obstacles for those seeking genetic counseling. When available, cross-cultural genetic counseling has focused on simplistic knowledge of client health beliefs and cultural customs, professional cultures, and biased theoretical models as reasons for failure to create realistic knowledge of members of racial-cultural groups in the United States. Recognizing the importance of meeting the needs for all who seek genetic counseling services, genetic counselors have been providing direction in cross-cultural genetic counseling research, practice, training, and developing competency, ethical, and professional guidelines. However, emanating from a cultural pluralism perspective, cross-cultural genetic counseling has often resulted in homogenized group stereotypes without attention to intragroup variation and individual differences. A transition from cross-cultural towards multicultural genetics shifts from culture-specific group norms to an integrated social, historical, psychological, and political perspective. By valuing the process of personal and professional racial-cultural identity development, the evolution from cross-cultural to multicultural genetic counseling that has occurred within the past quarter century is discussed.
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- V O Wang
- Division of Psychology in Education, College of Education, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-0611, USA.
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Futa KT, Hsu E, Hansen DJ. Child sexual abuse in Asian American families: An examination of cultural factors that influence prevalence, identification, and treatment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1093/clipsy.8.2.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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