scholarly journals Stereotyping Among Graduate Students in Mental Health Fields: An EEG Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley B. Webber ◽  
Firat Soylu ◽  
Joy J. Burnham
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Black Men ◽  
White Women ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Multicultural Awareness ◽  
Potential Component ◽  
Implicit Stereotyping ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
Behavioral Markers

Counselors are obligated to work effectively with diverse groups, yet human tendencies towards stereotyping and biases can impede counselors’ efforts. Understanding implicit social cognition and factors that might affect it is important because implicit stereotyping and biases can have effects in counselors’ work. In this study we hypothesized that graduate students in mental health fields would show indicators of stereotyping in an implicit experiment. The experiment utilized neural and behavioral dependent measures (N400 event-related potential component and reaction time) to indicate stereotyping. We also hypothesized that mindful observing and multicultural awareness would moderate stereotyping effects. Our first hypothesis was partially supported, as participants showed neural and behavioral markers of stereotyping towards black men and white women. Our hypotheses regarding moderators were not supported, as these stereotyping effects were not moderated by mindful observing or multicultural awareness. Implications for counseling practice and research are discussed.

Students' Perception of a Difficult Case in Psychotherapy

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
Sylvia A. Linares ◽  
Freddy A. Paniagua ◽  
Michael O'Boyle
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Difficult Case ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Mental Health Practice ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Definition Of

Paniagua, et al. suggested that the definition of a “difficult” case in psychotherapy implies a relational definition involving the characteristics of the patient, the case, and the therapist. This study concerned this hypothesis with 44 graduate students in social work who received the Difficult Case Questionnaire representing examples of variables across each domain, e.g., motivation of the client, nature of the disorder, generic factors, and orientation of the therapist. The results were compared with the 1993 findings reported by Paniagua, et al., for a group of professionals in mental health practice. As in the earlier study, the present sample also agreed that, although all such domains are important in the formulation of that definition, their importance is not equal. Whereas professionals rated patient's, case's, and therapist's characteristics as the most important order of domains in that definition, students in this study agreed on the order of therapist's, patient's, and case's characteristics.

Understanding Graduate Student Parents: Influence of Parental Status, Gender, and Major on Graduate Students’ Motivation, Stress, and Satisfaction

2022 ◽  
pp. 152102512110722
Author(s):  
Hyeon Jean Yoo ◽  
David T. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Parental Status ◽  
Special Population ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Student Parents ◽  
And Gender

Graduate student parents are a unique subpopulation in higher education that accounts for a large proportion of graduate students. While student parents struggle to balance multiple roles, female students in STEM fields may face more significant barriers in balancing family and academic responsibilities compared to male graduate student parents or female students in non-STEM fields. Despite the urgent need to support this special population, little attention has been paid to how parental status, major, and gender affect graduate students. In this quantitative study of 545 graduate students, we examined the influence of parental status, major, and gender on motivation, stress, and satisfaction. A series of factorial ANOVAs found significant differences in motivation and mental health between graduate student parents and non-parents. Our findings highlight the importance of providing adequate resources to graduate students according to their status.

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