Toward a Meaningful Spirituality for People of Color: Lessons for the Counseling Practitioner.

Cervantes, Joseph M.; Parham, Thomas A.

doi:10.1037/1099-9809.11.1.69

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“…Walker and Dixon' s (2002) correlational study found a signifi cant relationship between academic success and reliance on a higher power among African American students. Latino students report greater levels of religious engagement (Campesino, Belyea, and Schwartz, 2009), and their spirituality and faith practices are linked with healthy psychological well-being (Cervantes and Parham, 2005). Levels of spirituality have been found to differ across ethnic groups (Parks, 2000); in our studies, spirituality also contributed differentially to student thriving.…”

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confidence: 86%

Thriving in College

Schreiner

2013

New Drctns for Student Srvcs

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Grades and grads. These two words sum up the typical approach that most institutions of higher education have taken to defi ne student success. Academic performance and graduation rates are easily measured and can be quantified for comparison purposes so that institutions-and entire nations-can gather a snapshot of their own "effectiveness." Yet most faculty and professional staff are keenly aware that this narrow focus misses an important element of the college student experience: whether students are vitally engaged in learning and making the most of their college education.A more holistic view of student success is represented in the concept of thriving in college. Thriving is defi ned as being "fully engaged intellectually, socially, and emotionally in the college experience" (Schreiner, 2010a, p. 4). This view of student success looks beyond academic performance and graduation. Thriving students are engaged in the learning process, invest effort to reach important educational goals, manage their time and commitments effectively, connect in healthy ways to other people, are optimistic about their future and positive about their present choices, and are committed to making a meaningful difference in the world around them (Schreiner, 2010a). Thriving as an Integrative View of Student SuccessRepresenting an intersection of the principles of positive psychology and the goals of higher education, the concept of thriving was derived from research on fl ourishing (Keyes, 2003;Keyes and Haidt, 2003;Seligman, 2011) and the psychosocial factors most predictive of college student retention (Bean and Eaton, 2000;Berger and Milem, 1999

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Section: Pathways To Thriving: One Size Does Not Fit Allmentioning

confidence: 86%

Thriving in College

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2013

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“…Although it is difficult to determine a precise definition of spirituality, it is often conceptualized as heightened awareness, consciousness, and connectedness with all beings (Cervantes & Parham, 2005) and with a universal being (Campesino & Schwartz, 2006), with beliefs existing on a continuum (Baez & Hernandez, 2001). Spirituality may take the form of religious faith or may be expressed through other means (Drench, Noonan, Sharby, & Ventura, 2007).…”

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Acculturation, Cultural Values, and Latino Parental Beliefs About the Etiology of ADHD

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Adm Policy Ment Health

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ACCULTURATION, CULTURAL VALUES, AND LATINO PARENTAL BELIEFSABOUT THE ETIOLOGY OF ADHD Kathryn E. LawtonMarquette University, 2011Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders of childhood, but despite the availability of several evidencebased interventions, Latino children are more likely than non-minority children to have an unmet need for services related to ADHD. Because parental beliefs about the etiology of ADHD likely influence which services are sought, more research is needed to examine this aspect of help-seeking behavior in order to address the unmet need among Latino families. Specifically, research needs to focus on cultural factors that likely influence parental beliefs about the etiology of child behavior problems. Thus, the goal of the current study was to investigate the role of acculturation and cultural values of familismo, respeto, spirituality, and traditional gender roles in explaining parental etiological beliefs about ADHD in Latino parents. Participants in this study included 74 Latino parents. After watching a video portraying a Latino child exhibiting core symptoms and common functional problems associated with ADHD, parents completed a semi-structured interview that assessed etiological beliefs about the behavior of the child in the video, as well as a demographic questionnaire and measures of acculturation and cultural values. Neither Anglo orientation nor Latino orientation was significantly correlated with biopsychosocial or sociological/spiritual etiological beliefs. Additionally, none of the cultural values were significantly correlated with biopsychosocial etiological beliefs. The cultural values familismo and traditional gender roles were significantly positively correlated with sociological/spiritual beliefs. Exploratory analyses also were conducted to further examine sociological/spiritual beliefs. After controlling for SES, familismo and traditional gender roles accounted for 30.5% of the total variance in sociological/spiritual beliefs about ADHD. Finally, post hoc analyses were conducted to examine individual categories of etiological beliefs. The current study adds to our knowledge about how Latino parents understand child behavior and has important implications for both research and mental health services with Latino parents. The results support the inclusion of etiological beliefs and cultural factors in research examining help-seeking and access to mental health services among Latino families and suggest that the incorporation of alternative etiological beliefs about child behavior may be an important factor in culturally-appropriate mental health services.

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“…Within this larger context, social work and other helping professions have begun to explicitly include spirituality as a component of a As minority and other disempowered groups continue to enter treatment programs and join recovery groups in the United States, some authors posited that our understanding of substance abuse needs to be broadened to include the social conditions that are implicated in causing substance abuse problems by utilizing a socio-spiritual approach that incorporates spiritual and political worldviews (Morell, 1996). Cervantes and Parham (2005) reiterated this assertion by noting the importance of spirituality in the cultural tradition of people of color. They incorporated this political worldview notion by stating ''an assumption is made that these experiences of racism and discrimination have molded a spirituality of survival that has affected belief systems, sense of justice, prayer life, religious expectations, and so forth'' (Cervantes & Parham, 2005, p. 73).…”

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Ethnic Differences in Spirituality in a Sample of Men and Women in Diverse Substance Abuse Treatment Settings: Implications for Practitioners

Bliss

2009

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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There has been a growing recognition of the need to understand the role of spirituality in ethnically diverse populations in social work and other helping professions. Although researchers are increasingly examining ethnic variations in prevalence rates, treatment utilization, and treatment outcomes for individuals with substance abuse problems, limited research attention has been focused on the relationship between spirituality and ethnicity in the substance abuse field. The current study addressed this gap in the literature by comparing three ethnically diverse groups in terms of multiple aspects of spirituality. Findings showed that African Americans scored significantly higher in spiritual well-being, religiousness, and cognitive orientation toward spirituality compared to Whites, whereas Whites scored significantly higher in existential well-being compared to African Americans. Hispanics scored significantly lower in experiential/phenomenological dimension of spirituality compared to Whites and African Americans. Implications for practitioners are discussed.

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Toward a Meaningful Spirituality for People of Color: Lessons for the Counseling Practitioner.

Cited by 73 publications

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Acculturation, Cultural Values, and Latino Parental Beliefs About the Etiology of ADHD

Ethnic Differences in Spirituality in a Sample of Men and Women in Diverse Substance Abuse Treatment Settings: Implications for Practitioners

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