Measuring Well-Being: A Review of Instruments
Interest in the study of psychological health and well-being has increased significantly in recent decades. A variety of conceptualizations of psychological health have been proposed including hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, quality-of-life, and wellness approaches. Although instruments for measuring constructs associated with each of these approaches have been developed, there has been no comprehensive review of well-being measures. The present literature review was undertaken to identify self-report instruments measuring well-being or closely related constructs (i.e., quality of life and wellness) and critically evalu...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - August 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cooke, P. J., Melchert, T. P., Connor, K. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
Integrating Professional and Indigenous Therapies: An Urban American Indian Narrative Clinical Case Study
The authors present a narrative case study of an urban American Indian male college student who integrated Indigenous and professional therapies during an acute period of stress, loss, and depression. As the first published case of an American Indian in an urban context, this article expands on previous clinical cases by focusing on the client’s perspective relative to his own conceptions of help-seeking behaviors. Based on qualitative analysis of five audio-recorded interviews, this case utilizes an innovative methodology to portray four approaches to healing (medication, counseling, bonding, and spirituality) that ...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - August 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wendt, D. C., Gone, J. P. Tags: Major Section Source Type: research
The Enculturation Experience of Three Chinese American Adolescents: A Multiple Case Study
The authors designed a qualitative, multiple case study that employed the photovoice method to explore how enculturation is experienced by three Chinese adolescents living with their families in a nonethnically dense cultural community. A total of 18 one-on-one interviews were conducted with three youth and their parents. Photos were also used as elicitation tools to understand the meaning of enculturation for each individual. Case descriptions of each adolescent are presented, followed by five cross-case themes: (a) Self-Identifying as Chinese, (b) Parental Strictness, (c) Multiple Groups of Comparison, (d) (Not) Having a...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - August 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wang, S. C., Plano Clark, V. L., Scheel, M. J. Tags: Major Section Source Type: research
Using Group-Based Trajectory and Growth Mixture Modeling to Identify Classes of Change Trajectories
Many issues of interest to counseling psychologists involve questions regarding how individuals change over time. Although counseling psychologists often examine average levels of change, statistical methods can also identify patterns of change over time by empirically grouping together individuals with similar patterns of change (e.g., group-based trajectory modeling and latent growth mixture modeling). The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of these methods for counseling psychologists. We discuss the conceptual frameworks and assumptions of average-level and person-centered techniques such as group-based ...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - August 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Frankfurt, S., Frazier, P., Syed, M., Jung, K. R. Tags: Major Section Source Type: research
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Source: The Counseling Psychologist - August 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Planting a Forest: The Legacy of Louise Douce
Louise Douce has been a leader in the field of counseling psychology and, more specifically, college student mental health for over 40 years. Her long-standing involvement in the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP) or Division 17 of the American Psychological Association through a variety of leadership roles—including fellows chair, vice president of education and training, president, and SCP council representative—demonstrate her covenant with the values and spirit of counseling psychology. She is renowned for her endless passion for diversity and inclusion, her role as a visionary, her commitment to creati...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - July 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Reynolds, A. L. Tags: Legacies and Traditions Source Type: research
Self-Efficacy in a Relational World: Social Cognitive Mechanisms of Adaptation and Development
Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory offers a remarkably flexible framework for understanding many issues of practical concern to counseling and vocational psychology. In this article, the author provides an overview of several efforts to extend social cognitive theory to the contexts of career and personal development. These have included the development of a set of social cognitive career theory (SCCT) models aimed at understanding various aspects of career and academic development. In another offshoot and extension of social cognitive theory, the author and his colleagues have explored how self-efficacy, in pa...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - July 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lent, R. W. Tags: Leona Tyler Award Address Source Type: research
Spirituality, Connectedness, and Beliefs About Psychological Services Among Filipino Immigrants in Iceland
The authors examined psychological help-seeking attitudes and intentions of 183 Filipino immigrants in Iceland who had no previous counseling experience. Using path analysis, the authors examined how Filipino immigrants’ connectedness to the Filipino and Icelandic communities mediated the relationship among length of stay in Iceland, Icelandic and English fluency, spirituality, and psychological help-seeking attitudes and intentions. The authors also assessed the relationship between perceived system barriers and psychological help seeking. Filipino immigrants’ sense of connectedness to Icelandic society mediat...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - July 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hermannsdottir, B. S., Aegisdottir, S. Tags: International Forum Source Type: research
Reflections on Grant Writing From a Vocational Psychologist
The author provides a reaction to articles in the major contribution on grant writing for counseling psychologists by Martens et al. and Burrow-Sánchez, Martin, and Imel. The author focuses her comments on three areas: reactions to the articles, her own grant-writing experiences, and additional recommendations. (Source: The Counseling Psychologist)
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - July 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fouad, N. A. Tags: Reactions Source Type: research
External Funding and Competing Visions for Academic Counseling Psychology
The major contributions by Burrow-Sánchez, Martin, and Imel and Martens et al. are the first explicitly substantive, constructive statements about extramural funding and counseling psychology to appear in The Counseling Psychologist. For over 15 years, many have recognized the importance of extramural funding to the continued presence of counseling psychology training programs in research-intensive universities. In this reaction piece, I discuss several issues that may contribute to the lack of funded research appearing in counseling psychology outlets and to the apparent small number of counseling psychology facult...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - July 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elliott, T. R. Tags: Reactions Source Type: research
Applying for Grant Funding as a Counseling Psychologist: From Thought to Action
Counseling psychologists can benefit from grant funding because it can support their research and training of doctoral students. Now more than ever, universities across the nation are encouraging faculty to seek funding from external sources. This reality creates an opportunity for counseling psychologists to develop grant writing skills and take their research to new levels by obtaining funding to support larger scale studies or clinical interventions. We seek to provide a resource for counseling psychologists and doctoral students that provides guidance and tips for successfully seeking and applying for grants that fit a...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - July 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Burrow-Sanchez, J. J., Martin, J. L., Imel, Z. E. Tags: Major Contribution Source Type: research
An Update on the Status of Sponsored Research in Counseling Psychology
Prior research has indicated that relative to other specialty areas in psychology, counseling psychology researchers are less likely to engage in research activities sponsored by external funding agencies. The primary purposes of this article were to address external funding in the counseling psychology profession and to compare the rates of articles published in the premier counseling psychology research journal (Journal of Counseling Psychology [JCP]) that reported external funding to other specialty areas’ premier research journals. Between 2007 and 2011, articles in JCP were less likely than those in other journa...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - July 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Martens, M. P., Herman, K. C., Takamatsu, S. K., Schmidt, L. R., Herring, T. E., Labuschagne, Z., McAfee, N. W. Tags: Major Contribution Source Type: research
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Conditional Mediation Models of Intersecting Identities Among Female Asian International Students
This study investigated how gender, racial, and nationality discrimination were related to the life satisfaction of female Asian international students directly and indirectly through loneliness, as well as how these pathways differed as a function of gender, racial, and nationality in-group solidarity. Participants were 216 female Asian international students from two public universities. Results demonstrated that all three types of discrimination predicted decreased life satisfaction. Loneliness mediated the relationship between perceived discrimination and life satisfaction. In addition, these mediation pathways differe...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - May 9, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Liu, T., Wong, Y. J., Tsai, P.-C. Tags: International Forum Source Type: research
Belonging on Campus: A Qualitative Inquiry of Asian International Students
With the rise of Asian international students choosing to pursue higher education in the United States, research that identifies ways to promote Asian international students’ sense of belonging on campus is needed. We used consensual qualitative research methodology to examine factors that contribute to university belonging in a sample of Asian international students (N = 11) from a large university in the Midwestern United States. Through data analysis, we identified 14 categories across five domains (i.e., Interpersonal Interactions, Experiences of Acculturation, Campus Environment, Emphasis on Academic Achievement...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - May 9, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Slaten, C. D., Elison, Z. M., Lee, J.-Y., Yough, M., Scalise, D. Tags: International Forum Source Type: research
