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Ober, Anne M.; Granello, Darcy Haag; Wheaton, Joe E. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2012
Grief is prevalent in counseling, but little is known about the current status of counselors' preparation and competencies to provide effective care. This exploratory study surveyed counselors (N = 369) on grief training, personal and professional experiences with grief, and grief counseling competence. Multiple regression analyses found training…
Descriptors: Grief, Minimum Competencies, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Training
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Li, Min; Xu, Jiuping; He, Yuan; Wu, Zhibin – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Resilience, the ability to spring back from adversity and successfully adapt to it, is becoming an increasingly popular focus in research on the intervention and prevention of mental breakdown. This article aims to assess the resilience of adults exposed to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake 1 year after the occurrence of the earthquake, to explore the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Ethnic Groups, Multiple Regression Analysis, Resilience (Psychology)
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Hill, Erin M.; Shepherd, Daniel; Welch, David; Dirks, Kim N.; McBride, David – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
This article examines the association between perceptions of neighborhood problems and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a sample of New Zealand residents (n = 692). A modified version of the Neighborhood Problems Scale (originally developed by Steptoe and Feldman, 2001) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) were…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Foreign Countries, Multiple Regression Analysis, Neighborhoods