Download or read book The Relationship Among Acculturation Cultural Adjustment Difficulties and Psychological Symptoms Among Hmong Americans written by Cher Vang and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families written by Nhi-ha Trinh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority group in the United States. When Asian immigrants arrive in the United States, they regularly encounter a vast number of difficulties integrating themselves into their new culture. In Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families, distinguished researchers and clinicians discuss the process of acculturation for individuals and their families, addressing the mental health needs of Asian Americans and thoroughly examining the acculturative process, its common stressors, and characteristics associated with resiliency. This first-of-its-kind, multi-dimensional title synthesizes current acculturation research, while presenting those concepts within a clinical framework. In addition to providing an in-depth look at both past and present research and offering directions for future topics to explore, the book also offers a range of practical tools such as research scales to measure levels of acculturation, interview techniques, and clinical approaches for special populations including children, the elderly, and their families. Thought-provoking and informative, Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families will enhance the understanding of the clinical and sociocultural problems Asian Americans face, providing clinicians with all the necessary insights to better care for their patients.
Download or read book Acculturation of Hmong American Adults who Came to the United States After the End of the Vietnam War written by Wayne Her and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many ethnic groups, who migrated to the United States, experience psychological predictors such as depression, psychological distress, social and linguistic problems that hinders acculturation. The purpose of this study was to examine these stressors and its effects on Hmong Americans' acculturation process. The sample represented an n = 50 out of 52 participants who volunteered to participate in the study. The findings tested the two hypotheses that Hmong men experience less acculturation difficulties than Hmong women because of cultural practices and Hmong Americans who came to the United States following the end of the Vietnam War have made very little progress towards acculturation. Cross-tabulation between selected independent and dependent variables were used to analyze data. In conclusion, the results show that there was no significance association between gender and acculturation difficulties. The results also show that Hmong Americans who came to the United States following the end of the Vietnam War have made some progress towards acculturation.
Download or read book Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health written by Gayle Y. Iwamasa and published by Elsevier Inc. Chapters. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chapter provides an overview of research on acculturation and mental health in multicultural individuals. The principle frameworks of acculturation are reviewed and distinctions are drawn between the acculturation experiences of immigrants and refugees. This chapter also highlights various methodological considerations relevant to the assessment of acculturation and reviews existing acculturation measures developed with Latinos, Asian Americans, African Americans, and American Indians. Research examining the relationships between acculturation and mental health with emphasis placed on Latino and Asian American populations are presented. This chapter concludes with recommendations for future acculturation research and underscores areas in need of additional empirical inquiry.
Download or read book Cultural Conflict and Adaptation written by Henry T. Trueba and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-16 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Conflict and Adaptation (1990) examines the alienation and cultural conflicts faced at school by the children of a small group of Hmong who have settled in La Playa, California. The educational process for these children is an example of cultural conflict and adjustment patterns which may be found in many other populations in the world.
Download or read book A Two wave Panel Study of the Relationships Among Hardiness Acculturation Stress and Psychological Distress in Chinese Americans written by Ky-Van Lee and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acculturation and Psychological Distress Among First Generation Asian Americans written by Jung Sooin and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most acculturation research has been focused on the direct relationship between acculturation and mental health (Yoon, Langrehr, & Ong, 2011; Salanta & Lauderdaleb, 2003; Koneru, Weisman de Mamania, Flynn, & Betancourt, 2007). However, less is known about the mechanisms for this relationship. Social-cultural resources such as friend and neighbor support may have a beneficial impact on mental health, and acculturative stress such as the level of family conflict and perceived racial discrimination would be expected to be risk factors (Kawachi & Berkman, 2001; Wolff & Agree, 2004; Gong et al., 2003; Kerr-Correa, Igami, Hiroce, & Tucchi, 2007). The present study investigated the mediating roles of acculturative stress and social-psychological resources in the relationship between acculturation and psychological distress among first generation Asian Americans. Data were from 1528 Asian Americans who participated in the National Latino and Asian Americans Study (NLAAS), a nationally representative study of the Asian immigrant population in the U.S. Using structural equation modeling with latent variables, direct and indirect influences on Asian immigrant psychological distress were examined. The findings indicate that higher acculturation was not directly associated with psychological distress for Asian immigrants, but there was an indirect pathway from higher acculturation to poorer mental health through acculturative stress. Asian immigrants with higher levels of acculturation experienced more acculturative stress, which contributed to more psychological distress symptoms. However, this finding was moderated by gender, holding only for women. On the other hand, while a higher level of acculturation was also associated with more perceived social resources, the expected protective effect of these resources was not present. The findings show the complex relationship between acculturation and psychological distress during the acculturative process of Asian immigrants.
Download or read book Psychosocial Aspects of the Asian American Experience written by Namkee G Choi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover intervention strategies for issues affecting Asian Americans!This important book examines the childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and aging stages of Asian Americans to help researchers and practitioners offer better services to this ethnic group. Psychosocial Aspects of the Asian-American Experience will help you understand the ethnic and cultural diversity within the Asian-American population and offers both quantitative and qualitative research that may impact social policies and social services for Asian Americans.Representing Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, Asian Indians, Vietnamese, Hmong, Cambodians, and native-born Hawaiians, this helpful book covers a wide span of individual ethnic identities in order to represent the scope of the Asian-American subculture.The topics and problems examined in Psychosocial Aspects of the Asian-American Experience include: ethnic identity, acculturation, and cultural orientation psychological adjustment of adoptees attitudes and behavior of adolescents regarding academic achievement social network composition depression and other mental health problems dating violence and domestic abuse substance abuse aging In addition to analyzing these problems, this book also presents culturally competent intervention strategies to assist human services practitioners in offering their clients relevant services that are appropriate for their ethnic backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences. This book is also a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and graduate students and faculty members in the areas of social work, sociology, psychology, and ethnic studies.
Download or read book Balancing the Cultural Adaptation Equation written by Sut Yee Shirley Chan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acculturation as a risk factor has become increasingly important to the study of mental health problems among Asian Americans (Hall & Yee, 2012). Some studies have found higher levels of acculturation were related to increased psychopathology (Cheng et al., 2010; Takeuchi et al., 2007). However, not all studies have found this relationship (Chentsova-Dutton et al., 2007; Jimenez, Alegría, Chen, Chan, & Laderman, 2010; Zhang & Ta, 2009). Such inconsistencies may be due to how acculturation is operationalized (e.g., proxy vs. unilinear vs. bilinear measures, single dimension vs. multiple dimensions). Theoretical perspectives on cultural adaptation for immigrant populations emphasize the importance of studying both acculturation and enculturation, also known as the bilinear approach whereby individuals undergo cultural socialization to mainstream and ethnic cultures respectively (Berry, 2003). Yet, few studies have examined these processes concurrently and as multidimensional constructs. The goal of this study on acculturation and enculturation effects on psychological distress and functioning is to reconcile the mixed findings by testing a bilinear multidimensional model that specifies distinct dimensions of behaviors, values, and identity (Schwartz, Unger, Zamboanga, & Szapocznik, 2010) to clarify which components of acculturation are related to specific types of adjustment among Asian Americans. Since psychological distress and functioning are salient concerns for Asian American college students, this study examines the effects of acculturation and enculturation on three outcomes: depression, social anxiety, and college adjustment. Using a sample of 907 mono-ethnic first generation and second generation Asian American college students, this study examined the multidimensional effect of acculturation and enculturation on depression, social anxiety, academic adjustment, social adjustment, and educational attachment. Analyses indicated that depression was significantly and positively associated with valuing an assertive communication style (i.e., American cultural value), preserving one’s family reputation (i.e., Asian cultural value), and exploring one’s ethnic identity, and negatively associated with valuing consistency of self, valuing the needs of oneself (i.e., American cultural values), endorsing Asian behaviors in general, and social interactions with Asian/Asian Americans specifically. Social anxiety was positively linked with valuing preservation of one’s family reputation (i.e., Asian cultural value), and negatively linked with socializing with White Americans/Caucasians (i.e., American behavior), valuing consistency of self (i.e., American cultural value), and committing to one’s ethnic identity. Acculturation and enculturation contributors to academic adjustment, social adjustment, and educational attachment were varied and included behavioral, values, and identity acculturation dimensions as well as behavioral and values enculturation dimensions. The implications of these results are discussed.
Download or read book Handbook of Racial and Ethnic Minority Psychology written by Guillermo Bernal and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading authorities in the field of racial and ethnic minority psychology have contributed to this handbook. It offers a thorough, scholarly overview of the psychology of racial, ethnic and minority issues in the U.S.A.
Download or read book Bridging the Many Worlds of Vietnamese Adolescents written by Huong Huynh Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hmong American Concepts of Health Healing and Conventional Medicine written by Dia Cha and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's healthcare system in the twenty-first century faces a variety of pressures and challenges, not the least of which is that posed by the increasingly multicultural nature of American society itself. Large numbers among the Hmong, immigrants from the landlocked Asian nation of Laos, continue to prefer their own ancient medical traditions. That these Hmong Americans should continue to adhere to a tradition of folk medicine, rather than embrace the modern healthcare system of America, poses questions that must be answered. This book takes up the task of examining Hmong American concepts of health, illness and healing, and looks at the Hmong American experience with conventional medicine. In so doing, it identifies factors that either obstruct or enable healthcare delivery to the Hmong, specifically a target sample of Hmong Americans resident in Colorado. Drawing upon scientific methods of data collection, the research reveals attitudes currently held by a group of American citizens toward health and medicine which run the gamut from the very modern to those which have prevailed in the highlands of Southeast Asia for centuries.
Download or read book Effects of Acculturation Levels and Interpersonal Immigrant and Demographic Variables of the Cultural Adjustment Difficulties of Asian International People and Asian Americans written by Edward Wai Ming Lai and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Relationship of Ethnic Identity Acculturation and Psychological Adjustment Among Asian Indian Immigrants written by Deepa S. Reddy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Asian American Educational Experience written by Donald Nakanishi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions to The Asian American Educationalexperience examine the most significant issues and concerns in the education of Asian Americans. Contributors, all leading experts in their fields, provide theoretical discussions, practical insights and recommendations, historical perspectives and an analytical context for the many issues crucial to the education of this diverse population--controversies in higher education over alleged admissions quotas, stereotypes of Asian American students as "whiz kids", Asian Americans as the "model minority", bilingual education, education of refugee and immigrant populations, educational quality and equity. Special emphasis is given to both the historic debates which have shaped the field, and the concerns and challenges facing educators of Asian American students at both the K-12 and university level.
Download or read book An Evaluation of Culture specific Risk Factors and Emotion Regulation Strategies on Psychological Distress and Maladaptive Behaviors Among Asian Americans written by Joo-Hyun Lee and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural context is fundamental in cross-cultural conceptualizations of risk factors for mental health status among ethnic minorities. Existing studies indicate that acculturation level predicts psychological adjustment, but findings remain inconclusive. This study, consisting of university students of Asian descent, evaluated the relationship between acculturation level and internalizing/externalizing problems via the incorporation of more proximal measures of risk factors associated with acculturation (e.g., acculturative dissonance and acculturative stress). In addition, the predictive values of non-culture specific risk factors, such as emotion dysregulation and experiential avoidance, were examined. Acculturation-related stressors and difficulties with emotion regulation increased risk for maladjustment within the study's sample. Furthermore, experiential avoidance and emotion dysregulation mediated and moderated the relationship between acculturative stress and psychological distress, respectively. The findings suggest that acculturation influences psychological adjustment through a number of factors, including acculturation-related stressors as well as emotion regulation difficulties.
Download or read book The Relationship of Acculturation Parent and Peer Relations to Delinquency and Depression written by Charles Gobui Go and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
