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Is the Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale Applicable to Ethnic Chinese Students? Psychometric Properties and Cultural Considerations
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Han, Der-Yan; Chen, Sue-Huei – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
The Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale has been applied widely. However, there is no complete report on the reliability and validity of its Chinese version (ATSPPHS-C). A total of 353 Taiwanese undergraduates completed the ATSPPHS-C, Help-Seeking Willingness Scale, Symptom Check List-90R, and Marlowe-Crowne Social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Help Seeking, Rating Scales, Psychometrics
"Ayiti Cheri": Cultural Orientation of Early Adolescents in Rural Haiti
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Ferguson, Gail M.; Desir, Charlene; Bornstein, Marc H. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
Adolescents are an emerging population in Haiti, particularly after the deadly 2010 earthquake. The steady penetration of U.S. culture into this poor, disaster-prone country begs the question, Do today's adolescents possess a similar fondness for their home country, culture, and traditional family values as did Haitians of old? Or are they more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Natural Disasters, Family Relationship
Social Context of Smoking Hookah among College Students: Scale Development and Validation
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Sharma, Eva; Beck, Kenneth H.; Clark, Pamela I. – Journal of American College Health, 2013
Objective: To develop an instrument that measures the social context of hookah use among college students. Participants: A pool of 50 potential items, based on 44 in-depth interviews with regular college hookah smokers, was administered to a sample of 274 hookah users between October and December 2011. Methods: Participants were approached in…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Smoking, Surveys, Interviews
Are Perfectionism, Individualism, and Racial Color-Blindness Associated with Less Cultural Sensitivity? Exploring Diversity Awareness in White Prospective Teachers
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Wang, Kenneth T.; Castro, Antonio J.; Cunningham, Yu Li – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2014
Cultural ideologies of meritocracy and individualism act as strong barriers for college students in understanding the most complex systems of inequity across racial, cultural, and gendered lines. The dichotomous thinking patterns of maladaptive perfectionists may also relate to resistance of multicultural awareness. This study examined whether…
Descriptors: Ideology, Cultural Influences, Barriers, Cultural Awareness
Black Canadians' Coping Responses to Racial Discrimination
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Joseph, Justine; Kuo, Ben C. H. – Journal of Black Psychology, 2009
On the basis of a cultural coping framework, the present study examined coping responses to racial discrimination among 190 Black Canadians. The study assessed the respondents' coping with both general (i.e., problem- and emotion-focused coping) and Africultural coping strategies (i.e., spiritual-centered, collective, and ritual-centered coping)…
Descriptors: Blacks, Foreign Countries, Social Desirability, Racial Discrimination
Influences on College Students' Capacities for Socially Responsible Leadership
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Dugan, John P.; Komives, Susan R. – Journal of College Student Development, 2010
This study of 14,252 college seniors from 50 institutions representing 25 states and the District of Columbia explored the influences of higher education on eight leadership outcome measures theoretically grounded using the social change model of leadership development. Hierarchical regression models explained between 31% and 40% of the variance…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Service Learning, Social Change, Leadership Training