This study examined the potential moderating influences of behavioral and values acculturation and enculturation in a sample of 113 Asian Americans. Findings from regression analyses revealed that acculturation to European American cultural values, alone and in interaction with perceived racism, was related to less psychological symptoms, whereas…

The authors examined traditional Mexican/Mexican American and perceived U.S. mainstream cultural values as predictors of thriving. One hundred twenty-four (37 men, 87 women) self-identified Mexican/Mexican American college students participated in the study. The traditional Mexican/Mexican American cultural values of family support and religion…

The authors examined the extent to which Asian American adolescents who were living in Hawaii adhered to Asian and European American cultural values in relation to mental health variables including collective self-esteem (membership, private, public, importance to identity), cognitive flexibility, general self-efficacy, and attitudes toward…

Summarizes the need for cross-cultural counselors to identify themselves socially and culturally and to learn to respect cultural values and the importance of different societies. Discusses reasons, roles, and approaches of cross-cultural counseling in the newly evolving states of the Caribbean region. (ABL)

Notes that, although institutions of higher education support egalitarianism and meritocracy, few have developed operational practices to reconcile them. Focuses on development of noncognitive predictors of college success and the ascendancy of the urban university as two developments that may be useful in accommodating values of equity of…

Identifies the unique issues of Thai Americans as a cultural minority in the United States. Proposes ways of understanding and responding to Thai-American clients and recommends strategies for working more effectively with these clients. (Author)

Discusses some of the common characteristics of African children wherever they may be, noting their cultural traits inevitably influence their progress in school, specifically when the children are in non-African school settings such as those in the United States. Describes children's role in African society, parental role in character building,…

This article reports on a study designed to assess the moral development and self-esteem of Hawaiian youth, a group which has received scant attention from researchers in the past. After presenting the results, the implications of these findings for counselor education, practice, and future multicultural counseling are discussed. (Author/LKS)

Investigates two competing hypotheses related to therapists' worldview and therapists' race/ethnicity: whether therapists of different racial/ethnic groups differ on worldview reflecting group membership, and whether therapists are similar to each other on worldview reflecting membership in a "therapist culture." Results indicate that therapists…

Conducted comparative analysis of marriage and childrearing among Japanese women married to Japanese men, American women married to American men, and Japanese-born women married to American-born men (JA). Data from 428 women reflected differences between American and Japanese cultural values. JA women's attitudes and behaviors toward marriage…

Canadians and non-Canadians residing in Canada (N=290) rated 20 life-decision areas as most influenced by personal values, family values, and cultural values. Non-Canadians gave higher ratings to cultural values than did Canadians; this was attributed to their reliance on heritage values, lacking full understanding of host country norms. (Author)

The authors review current literature on issues facing American Indian (AI) women and discuss implications for providing culturally sensitive counseling with these women. A case study of a Dine (Navajo) woman living within mainstream society and holding true to her traditional cultural beliefs illustrates how a culturally responsive approach to…

The author worked with 10 students at an inner-city elementary school. This case study illuminates the interplay between theory, practice, and values by describing effective techniques of intervention in a situation that reflects social pathology. Traditional African values are incorporated in counseling interventions with disruptive male…

Identified nine values (achievement of financial wealth, prestige for family, prestige/status for self, self-fulfillment, balance between career and family, balance between career and leisure, balance between career and religious/civic activities, opportunity to change character of profession, and opportunity to work with others similar to self)…