Gender, Culture, and Attitudes Toward People with Psychiatric Disabilities

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Zhang Hampton ◽  
Yanan Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disabilities ◽  
European American ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
American Students ◽  
Latino American ◽  
Opinions About Mental Illness

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of gender and culture on attitudes toward people with psychiatric disabilities (PWPD). Two hundred and forty university students from Asian, Latino, and European American cultural backgrounds participated in the study. The Opinions about Mental Illness scale was used to measure attitudes, and the Level of Contact Scale was used to measure the covariant – contact with PWPD. A 2 (gender) x 3 (culture) MANCOVA was performed. Results indicated that female students in all three ethnic groups had more positive attitudes toward PWPD than did male students. Of the three ethnic cultural groups, European American students had the most positive view of PWPD, and Latino American students had the least positive view of PWPD. Implications of the results for rehabilitation counselors and researchers are discussed.

Disability Self-Identification and Well-Being in Emerging Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 306-316
Author(s):  
Holly McCartney Chalk ◽  
Christopher P. Barlett ◽  
Natalie D. Barlett
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Psychosocial Outcomes ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychiatric Disabilities ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Disability Identity ◽  
Identity Based

Research suggests that emerging adults (EAs) with a disabling impairment experience poor psychosocial outcomes and delayed markers of adulthood. Given the numbers of EA with a disabling impairment who do not self-identify as having a disability, we examine a multigroup structural model of positive disability identity based on disability self-identification. Participants ( n = 2,016) completed assessments of positive disability identity, psychosocial outcomes, and markers of adulthood. Most participants with a disabling impairment did not self-identify as having a disability (68%). Positive disability identity, maintaining a positive view of disability, was associated with increased life satisfaction, regardless of whether EA self-identify as having a disability. Exploratory analyses suggest that EA with psychiatric disabilities experience the most negative psychosocial outcomes. Findings suggest that maintaining a positive view of disability is associated with favorable outcomes. However, intervention with EA who do not self-identify is challenging, as they may not seek support services.

Medical Students Viewpoints towards Development of Telemedicine Methods at Army University of Medical Sciences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahid Mehrabi ◽  
Fatemeh Kalroozi ◽  
Mohammad Hassan Kazemi-Galougahi ◽  
Erfan Kazemi ◽  
Leila Gholamhosseni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Exclusion Criterion ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Positive Attitudes

Aim: The study aimed to investigate the viewpoints of medical students towards the development of telemedicine methods at the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran (AJA) University of Medical Sciences. Method: This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study, which lasted 4 months, was performed on 117 medical students of AJA University of Medical Sciences in 2021. In doing so, a Stratified sampling method and researcher-made questionnaire were used to collect data. Thus, the inclusion criterion was being a medicine student and the exclusion criterion was the incomplete completion of the questionnaire. Results: Students showed the most positive view (90.6%) regarding organizational factors to having a codified program in telemedicine development, and the most positive view towards high-speed Internet access (92.3%) concerning technology factors.  In addition, as far as the stakeholders were concerned, they had the most positive view (70.1%) on community support for telemedicine development. As for information literacy, 88.9% emphasized computer and Internet skills. Also, 83.8% had the most positive view on raising awareness for telemedicine development regarding environmental factors. Conclusion: To sum up, the students had the most positive attitudes towards comprehensive telemedicine development plan, high-speed Internet access, and community support for telemedicine development, computer skills, Internet, and awareness. Hence, it is recommended to enhance these factors to help the development and implementation of telemedicine in medical education.

Religiosity Is a Protective Factor for Suicidal Ideation in European American Students but Not in African American Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester ◽  
Rheeda L. Walker
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
African American Students ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
European American ◽  
Intrinsic Religiosity ◽  
Suicidal Risk ◽  
Extrinsic Religiosity ◽  
American Students

In a sample of 419 college students, intrinsic religiosity scores, but not extrinsic religiosity scores, contributed significantly to the prediction of current suicidal ideation. Religiosity was a protective factor for suicidal ideation in women but not in men and in European American students but not in African American students. The assessment of suicidal risk, therefore, may require different sets of scales depending on the sex and ethnicity of the client.

Building a Racial Identity

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-77
Author(s):  
Eunjung Chang
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
African American Students ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Personal Meanings ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
American Students ◽  
Museum Exhibitions

This chapter examines African American college students' learning experiences at the Florence County Museum. Looking at several works of art, how do African American students construct their learning experiences in a course-required tour? What personal meanings do they take away from the experience? African American students are voluntarily engaged or only occupied in the works that are related to or connected to their racial roots. They also interpret the works of art from their racial points of view. Therefore, their racial identity as an African American is a key part of understanding their learning experience from the museum. It is important for African Americans not only to see themselves in museum exhibitions but also be able to develop their racial identity and imagine their future through art. It creates equal opportunities for all students from different social, racial, and cultural groups to function effectively in a diverse demographic society.

Integration

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-199 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Past ◽  
Immigration And Settlement ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Significant Attention

Are Western Muslims integrating? Can Western Muslims integrate? Over the past 20 years, significant attention has been invested in examinations stimulated by the extensive public commentary addressing such questions. This brief review aims to demystify the examination of Western Muslims’ integration in the interest of re-embedding this subject matter in the broader scholarship about immigration and settlement. Within this expanding field of study, Western Muslims can (and should) be examined at the community level, where specific ethno-cultural groups represent but case studies among hundreds of Western Muslim communities that differ in their immigration context, countries of origin, sects, and ethno-cultural backgrounds. Simultaneously, the collection of statistical data should be used to test hypotheses that are developed in studies of such communities. The dialogue between qualitative and quantitative approaches provides research openings to more rigorously push the state of knowledge in this area, and I describe some of these openings below.

Opinions about Mental Illness: A Comparison of American and Greek Social Work Students in 1969 and 1979

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Koutrelakos ◽  
Olga Zarnari
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Interaction Theory ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
Opinions About Mental Illness

The influence of cultural change on attitudes towards mental patients was examined by comparing two American ( ns = 76, 104) and two Greek ( ns = 103, 116) samples, one drawn from each country in 1969 and the second in 1979. In Greece a decrease in negative attitudes is observed while in the USA a reduction in positive attitudes is noted. These changes have narrowed the differences between the two countries. They appear to reflect recent socio-economic developments in each country: improved economic conditions and modernization in Greece and economic recession and conservativism in the USA. The lower endorsement of the familial interaction theory in probably due to the resurgence of rival theories in the USA and in Greece to a moderation in familialism. Mental health professionals appear to follow rather than shape social policy.

scholarly journals Understanding the Meaning of Multicultural Collaboration in a Public-School EFL Class

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Patricio Andrés Pino Castillo ◽  
Allyson Donoso ◽  
Katherin Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Language Class ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Safe Learning Environment ◽  
Depth Interviews

This phenomenological study sought to understand the meaning of multicultural collaboration in a Chilean English as a Foreign Language class purposefully selected because of its high percentage of students from different cultural backgrounds. Through participant observation and in-depth interviews, the essence of the phenomenon was identified. Findings revealed that the students’ and the teacher’s positive attitudes towards multiculturalism, along with their respect and acceptance for diversity, propitiated a healthy and safe learning environment that made multicultural collaboration possible. Future studies should explore how these conditions may be replicated in other multicultural educational scenarios.

Young Women’s Sex Talk Online: Roles of Anonymity, Social Closeness, and Cultural Background on Perceived Appropriateness and Behavioral Intention

2020 ◽  
pp. 036168432097292
Author(s):  
Emiko Taniguchi ◽  
Hye Eun Lee ◽  
Xiaowen Guan
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Safe Spaces ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
European Americans ◽  
Social Closeness ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Sex Talk

In this study, we examined the roles of anonymity and social closeness in predicting young women’s perceptions of “sex talk” (i.e., communication about sexual interests, enjoyment, and experiences) and intentions to post such content in cyberspace. We also examined cultural differences among Asian, Latina, and European Americans. A total of 466 undergraduate women from the three cultural groups participated in the online experiment. Participants were randomly assigned to either a low anonymity condition (i.e., Facebook) or a high anonymity condition (i.e., an anonymous online forum) where they were exposed to identical sex talk stimuli. The main findings showed that greater anonymity increased both the level of perceived appropriateness of sex talk posted by other female users and participants’ intentions to post sex talk online themselves. Compared to European American women, Asian and Latina Americans reported greater intentions to post sex talk online and perceived other female users’ sex talk posts as more appropriate. The results of this study prompt educators and practitioners to help young women strategically manage their impressions of sex talk online while being sensitive to women’s cultural backgrounds. They also suggest the need for further support from practitioners, educators, and parents to construct safe spaces for young women to engage open conversations about sexual matters in the digital space.

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