2015 Report: Student Affiliates of Seventeen (SAS)
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Source: The Counseling Psychologist - January 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Davis, B. L., Oliver, A. Tags: Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17 of The American Psychological Association Source Type: research
Relationship Harmony, Dialectical Coping, and Nonattachment: Chinese Indigenous Well-Being and Mental Health
Our study aims to examine the salutary effects and interactions of three Chinese indigenous well-being (CIWB) constructs, namely relationship harmony (advocated by Confucianism), dialectical coping (derived from Taoism), and nonattachment (based on Buddhism) on mental health. Participants were 262 Taiwanese college students. Results revealed that the three CIWB constructs showed distinct associations with mental health. Relationship harmony was related negatively to psychological distress and positively to meaning in life and happiness. Dialectical coping predicted higher levels of positive affect and meaning in life, wher...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - January 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wang, S.-Y., Wong, Y. J., Yeh, K.-H. Tags: International Forum Source Type: research
Helping Skills Training for Undergraduate Students: Who Should We Select and Train?
We examined the effectiveness of the Hill model of helping skills training for 191 undergraduate students in six sections of a semester-long course. Students completed self-report, performance, and nonverbal measures at the beginning; they conducted one 20-min helping session at the beginning and another toward the end of the semester; and they completed self-efficacy measures at the end of the semester. Students’ helping skills improved over the course of the semester, as evidenced by higher helper- and volunteer client–rated session quality, reduced proportion of words spoken in sessions, increased proportion...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - January 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hill, C. E., Anderson, T., Kline, K., McClintock, A., Cranston, S., McCarrick, S., Petrarca, A., Himawan, L., Perez-Rojas, A. E., Bhatia, A., Gupta, S., Gregor, M. Tags: Regular Manuscript Source Type: research
Psychotherapy Utilization and Presenting Concerns Among Polynesian American College Students
In this study, we examined psychotherapy utilization, presenting concerns, reported distress levels, and psychotherapy outcomes among Polynesian American students presenting for services at a counseling center. We collected data at intake, during therapy sessions, and at termination for 415 Polynesian American and 18,117 European American students over a 17-year period. Polynesian American students were equally likely to utilize counseling services as European American students but were more likely to drop out earlier. At intake, these students reported higher numbers of presenting concerns and greater levels of emotional ...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - January 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Allen, G. E. K., Cox, J., Smith, T. B., Hafoka, O., Griner, D., Beecher, M. Tags: Major Section Source Type: research
Counseling Attitudes and Stigma Among Polynesian Americans
This study examined coping strategies, attitudes toward seeking mental health counseling, public and self-stigma toward seeking mental health services, and psychological adjustment among 638 Polynesian Americans. On average, participants held neither favorable nor unfavorable attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, but men endorsed moderate self-stigma about mental illness and women endorsed high levels of public stigma about mental illness. Women showed relatively more favorable attitudes than men about seeking help from professional mental health providers. Participants reported benefitting more from cu...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - January 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Allen, G. E. K., Kim, B. S. K., Smith, T. B., Hafoka, O. Tags: Major Section Source Type: research
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Source: The Counseling Psychologist - January 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Perceptions of Undocumented Status and Possible Selves Among Latino/a Youth
Although only a portion of Latina/o adolescents in the United States are undocumented, the social perception of legal status may influence Latina/o youth living in immigrant communities more broadly. This perception has implications not only for how Latina/o youth understand themselves but also for how they construct their aspirations. Qualitative interviews and consensual qualitative research protocols were utilized to understand how perceptions of legal status might change images of possible selves for 14 Latina/o adolescents in an emerging immigrant community. Students described their hopes and worries for themselves as...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - October 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gonzalez, L. M., Stein, G. L., Prandoni, J. I., Eades, M. P., Magalhaes, R. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
The Effects of Stigma Priming on Forensic Screening in African American Youth
In the present study, we examined the effect of stigma priming on a psychological screening in two separate experiments with African Americans who had juvenile court contact. Results of the first experiment showed that asking adolescents to state their racial group membership had no effect on self-reported internalizing and externalizing behaviors. In the second experiment, adolescents primed by making racial identity attitudes salient reported higher levels of oppositional defiant, depressive, and anxiety symptoms, but not conduct disordered behavior, when compared with peers in a control group. Three racial identity prof...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - October 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andretta, J. R., Worrell, F. C., Ramirez, A. M., Barnes, M. E., Odom, T., Brim, S., Woodland, M. H. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
Differences in White Privilege Attitudes and Religious Beliefs Across Racial Affect Types
This study extends research on the psychosocial costs of racism to Whites (PCRW) cluster types. We examined differences in White privilege attitudes across different PCRW cluster types in a sample of White Christian students (N = 437). We also examined differences in religious beliefs, specifically religious liberalism and sanctification of social justice, across students in different PCRW cluster types. This provides an initial intersection of PCRW cluster types, White privilege attitudes, and religious beliefs. We found that, compared with students in all other types, students in the Antiracist cluster type reported (a) ...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - October 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: McConnell, E. A., Todd, N. R. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
A Dream Best Forgotten: The Phenomenology of Karen Refugees' Pre-Resettlement Stressors
Refugees are often forced into states of imposed vulnerability in which loss is common and migration is normative. Karen refugees from Myanmar have endured a long civil war with the Burmese government, followed by their forced relocation to refugee camps and subsequent global resettlement. This phenomenological study aimed to understand the meanings ascribed to pre-resettlement stress among resettled Karen refugees. We interviewed six participants who were identified through purposeful sampling in a Karen refugee community. Using phenomenological analysis, we identified and interpreted 286 meaning units. The meaning units ...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - October 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bartholomew, T. T., Gundel, B. E., Kantamneni, N. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
The Changing Face of Psychology: Leadership Aspirations of Female Doctoral Students
Given the increasing number of women entering the field of psychology, this study investigated the degree to which achievement motivation, leader identity, career salience, and willingness to compromise career for partner and children were predictive of leadership aspirations generally and in the American Psychological Association. Data from 202 female graduate students in counseling and clinical doctoral programs indicated that leader identity, career salience, and willingness to compromise career for children predicted overall leadership aspirations. Achievement motivation, leader identity, and career salience also predi...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - October 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gregor, M. A., O'Brien, K. M. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
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Source: The Counseling Psychologist - October 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Articles Source Type: research
"Perpetually Self-Reflective": Lesbian Daughters of Mothers With Severe Mental Illness
Twelve lesbians from various locales throughout the United States were interviewed regarding their experiences as sexual minorities and daughters of mothers with severe mental illness (SMI). Using resiliency and intersectionality as theoretical frameworks, and consensual qualitative research as methodology, we identified six domains: (a) childhood responses to mother’s SMI, (b) childhood/adolescent coping with mother’s SMI, (c) responses of others, (d) managing in adulthood, (e) coming out to self and others, and (f) relating sexual orientation to mother’s SMI. Results show that all participants navigated...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - October 5, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carroll, L., Tuason, M. T. G. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
Attachment, Social Support Satisfaction, and Well-Being During Life Transition in Emerging Adulthood
The present study was designed to investigate the relations among attachment, social support satisfaction, and well-being in a cross-sectional sample of emerging adults (N = 213) experiencing one or more normative life transitions. The sample represented a range of educational and vocational backgrounds. The primary hypotheses were that social support satisfaction would mediate the associations between each attachment dimension and well-being. A corresponding theoretical model was tested using structural equation modeling. The model provided an excellent fit to the sample data. Social support satisfaction mediated the asso...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - October 5, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lane, J. A., Fink, R. S. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
MCAC and State Counselor Licensure Laws: David and Goliath
This study examined the extent to which MCAC accreditation standards align with state counselor licensure statutes. Content analyses indicated that MCAC is a viable alternative accreditation if programs pay attention to state required credits for a degree, curricular requirements not specified by MCAC, and clinical requirements. Implications of these findings and recommendations are discussed. (Source: The Counseling Psychologist)
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - October 5, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robinson Kurpius, S. E., Keaveny, M. K., Kim, C. S., Walsh, K. J. Tags: Regular Manuscripts Source Type: research
