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Ponterotto, Joseph G.; Mendelowitz, David E.; Collabolletta, Ernest A. – Professional School Counseling, 2008
This article extends the relevance of multicultural development to the Strengths-Based School Counseling (SBSC; Galassi & Akos, 2007) perspective. A relatively new construct for school counselors, the "multicultural personality" (MP), is introduced and defined. The MP is conceptualized as a cluster of narrow personality traits that…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality, Cultural Pluralism, School Counseling
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Seeman, Julius – Peabody Journal of Education, 1983
Studies of personality integration in children and adults show that certain personality characteristics that predict effective behavior appear to be remarkably continuous regardless of differences in age, gender, race, or socioeconomic status. The studies point to the importance of self-esteem for effective behavior. (PP)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Children, Coping
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Angell, G. Brent – Critical Social Work, 2000
Protective factors, needed for personal resilience, vary from culture to culture. Resilience in Native Americans is examined via an interview with a Native American social worker who quit her job over an ethical conflict. The interplay of self-concept, family, and culture in young people's development of protective factors is examined.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Coping, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences