Acculturation and Attitudes of Asian International Students Toward Seeking Psychological Help

Zhang, Naijian; Dixon, David N.

doi:10.1002/j.2161-1912.2003.tb00544.x

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“…Russell, Thomson, and Rosenthal (2008) conducted a large study investigating the use of health and counselling services by 979 international students at an Australian university. Overall, the international students rated the services positively, which is in contrast to prior research (e.g., Kilinc & Granello, 2003; W. M. L. Lee & Mixson, 1995;N. Zhang & Dixon, 2003).…”

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A review of the acculturation experiences of international students

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Khawaja

2011

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A review of the acculturation experiences of international students

Smith

Khawaja

2011

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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“…The results for attitude toward seeking professional psychological help among Asian international students appears to counter previous thinking and findings that Asian Americans and Asian international students generally underutilize mental health services because of incompatible values between Asians and therapeutic processes (Zhang & Dixon, 2003). It is worth noting that Zhang (1998) compared four groups of students based on country of origin (i.e., China, Japan, Korea, and others) and the majority of the respondents came from the Far East region.…”

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“…Their underutilization of help may be due to their experiences, values, and assumptions. It is suggested that culture plays a role in attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help (Zhang & Dixon, 2003).…”

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“…Many studies have documented that Asian international students in general have tended to underutilize mental health services. For example, Zhang & Dixon (2003) suggested that the underutilization of mental health services among Asian international students may be due to their unique experiences, values, and basic assumptions that may be incompatible with Western values inherent in psychotherapeutic work. However, the findings in this study appear to suggest that the underutilization may be a result of the solidification of ethnic identity which leads to greater and positive well-being, and not necessarily because of uniqueness of ethnic identity which is perceived as incompatible with western values.…”

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Asian international students' ethnic identity, spirituality, acculturation, and experience of racism: relationship with attitude toward seeking professional therapeutic help

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“…Several more recent studies also replicated the findings of Atkinson and Gim. Tata and Leong (1994) and Zhang and Dixon (2003) surveyed 219 Chinese Americans college students and 170 Asian International students respectively. They both found a positive relation between level of acculturation and attitude toward seeking professional psychological help.…”

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Effect of Acculturation on Parental Perception of Child Psychological Assessment Among Chinese Americans

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2011

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Psychological assessment has a long history to be used for diagnostic purposes for all ages. This traditional model of assessment has been common for decades, but has not emphasized some important aspects of best practice (Brenner, 2003). To address the limitations of the information gathering model of assessment, collaborative and therapeutic approaches to assessment have been developed over the past several decades (e.g. Finn & Thonsager, 1997;Fischer, 1970). Therapeutic Assessment (TA) emphasizes the opportunity to provide positive changes in the client and their system by involving the client throughout the assessment process, and establishing a meaningful and collaborative relationship between assessor and client (Finn, 2007). The TA has been found to produce many positive impacts on client's assessment experiences in mainstream American culture. It is important to note how these positive impacts transfer to clients of different cultures. Thus the purpose of this study will be to investigate the effect of acculturation on Asian American parents' perception of existing models of child assessment. This study will examine the relations between acculturation and perception of assessment models In general, many Asian cultures consider the display of emotion or psychological concern as a significant weakness and feel that this would bring shame to one's family (Sue & Sue, 2008). In addition, it has been found that they expect the therapist to play the role of a teacher or expert (Ma, 2000). These characteristics of Asian culture values impact the experience towards psychological assessment among Asians. As introduced above, TA involves substantial collaboration between client and assessor. Clients' input is essential and valued throughout the assessment process. However, the collaborative and self--disclosing Thus the purpose of this study will be to investigate the effect of acculturation on Asian American parents' perception of existing models of child assessment. This study will examine the relations between acculturation and perception of assessment models (information gathering model versus Therapeutic Assessment) among Chinese American parents. Specifically, the study will explore whether acculturation plays a role in Chinese American parents' perception of 4 assessment with or without therapeutic components. It is ultimately important for mental health profession to understand how acculturation might affect one's perception of psychological assessment. Through revealing the role of acculturation plays in Asian American's perception on assessment models, mental health professionals could modify the TA--C or the information gathering model, or combine both models to create the best fit for Asian Americans according to their level of acculturation, in order to ensure positive experiences during the assessment process. 5 CHAPTER TWO: INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OverviewPsychological assessment has been commonly used for diagnostic purpose across all ages. Yet, there is limited research focus on the appropriateness...

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Acculturation and Attitudes of Asian International Students Toward Seeking Psychological Help

Cited by 170 publications

References 36 publications

A review of the acculturation experiences of international students

A review of the acculturation experiences of international students

Asian international students' ethnic identity, spirituality, acculturation, and experience of racism: relationship with attitude toward seeking professional therapeutic help

Effect of Acculturation on Parental Perception of Child Psychological Assessment Among Chinese Americans

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