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Steven J. Carter; Ka Lun Wong; Emily Bradshaw; Zoia Falevai; Jered Borup – Multicultural Education Review, 2023
This research used three scales to explore ethnicity and other variables' effects on university students' self-assessed academic help-seeking. The scores from each respective scale were regressed onto academic and demographic variables. In two of the three regression models, Age was the only significant factor, older students self-assessing as…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Ethnicity, Help Seeking, Student Behavior
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Krysia Mossakowski; Jennifer Darrah-Okike – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study examines local identity and mental health at one of the most ethnically diverse universities in the United States to move beyond the dichotomy between international and domestic students. Participants: Undergraduate students (N = 1,098) attending a university in Hawai'i completed anonymous surveys during class. Results:…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Ethnicity, Hawaiians, Student Attitudes
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Hemi, Keakaokawai Varner; Aporosa, S. Apo – Waikato Journal of Education, 2021
A scan of academic databases shows research publications covering every topic from impending death in the "Journal of Near-death Studies" to keeping potatoes safe in the "Journal of Potato Storage." The most popular languages for publications are in English, followed by French, German, Spanish and Chinese. While Chinese is the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Research Reports, Writing for Publication
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Moniz, Jeffrey – Educational Perspectives, 2016
What is the future of Filipino in Filipino American? What counts as Filipino in Filipino American? Who counts as Filipino in Filipino American? Jeffrey Moniz poses these questions in light of demographic shifts over time and the advent of science and technology, including genetic testing. Moniz first explores indigenous perspectives and methods…
Descriptors: Filipino Americans, Cultural Maintenance, Cultural Influences, Ethnicity
Stender, Robert Holoua – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The relationship between Hawaiian cultural identity and student progress at Kamehameha Elementary School (KES) is the focal point of this study. As the student demographics continue to evolve at Kamehameha Schools, most recently with increasing numbers of children coming from orphan and indigent backgrounds, teachers want greater understanding of…
Descriptors: Hawaiians, Culturally Relevant Education, Academic Achievement, Grade 5
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Po'A-Kekuawela, Ka'Ohinani; Okamoto, Scott K.; Nebre, La Risa H.; Helm, Susana; Chin, Coralee I. H. – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2009
This qualitative study examined how Native Hawai'ian youths from rural communities utilized cultural practices to promote drug resistance and/or abstinence. Forty-seven students from five different middle schools participated in gender-specific focus groups that focused on the cultural and environmental contexts of drug use for Native Hawai'ian…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Social Work
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Chung-Do, Jane J.; Goebert, Deborah A. – Journal of School Violence, 2009
Dating violence victimization is an important public health issue. Recent studies on minority youths have found higher risks of dating violence victimization compared to White youths. This study examined the influence of acculturation components on youths' experiences of dating violence by utilizing data from a survey of 193 Samoan and Filipino…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Prevention, Acculturation, Dating (Social)
Kim, Hyung-chan, Ed. – 1977
This anthology presents some results of recent research on Korean immigration to and assimilation in America. The essays address three major questions concerned with problems of immigration and assimilation: (1) What caused the immigration of Koreans to the Hawaiian Islands and the United States mainland? (2) How has the Korean experience in…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Chinese Americans, Comparative Analysis
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Andrade, Naleen N.; Hishinuma, Earl S.; McDermott, John F., Jr.; Johnson, Ronald C.; Goebert, Deborah A.; Makini, George K., Jr.; Nahulu, Linda B.; Yuen, Noelle Y. C.; McArdle, John J.; Bell, Cathy K.; Carlton, Barry S.; Miyamoto, Robin H.; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Else, Iwalani R. N.; Guerrero, Anthony P. S.; Darmal, Arsalan; Yates, Alayne; Waldron, Jane A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objectives: The prevalence rates of disorders among a community-based sample of Hawaiian youths were determined and compared to previously published epidemiological studies. Method: Using a two-phase design, 7,317 adolescents were surveyed (60% participation rate), from which 619 were selected in a modified random sample during the 1992-1993 to…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Identification, Incidence, Anxiety
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Halagao, Patricia Espiritu – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2006
Hawaii is often perceived as the "Land of "Aloha," a racial paradise where everyone gets along. But do we? The author explores Hawaii's distinct cultural dynamics with pre-service teachers in a multicultural education course that problematised race and ethnicity. Using an inquiry approach and culturally relevant activities, the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Racial Factors, Multicultural Education, Samoan Americans
Rose, Charles L.; And Others – P/AAMHRC Research Review, 1982
Investigation of the relationship between the existence of sociocultural and family supports in aging and positive outcomes among elderly Japanese Americans in Hawaii suggested that: (1) Japanese elderly had more family support than Whites; (2) a high proportion of elderly Japanese were employed, indicating successful adjustment; and (3) Japanese…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Aging (Individuals), Asian Americans
Aquino, Belinda A. – 1978
Experiences of Filipino women in Hawaii are examined with regard to participation in the Hawaiian work force and retention of Filipino ethnicity. Ethnicity is interpreted to include a sense of identity and consciousness based on common history, culture, and territorial origin as well as race, nationality, and color. The document is presented in…
Descriptors: Asian History, Asian Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background