Measurement of Acculturation Strategies for People of African Descent (MASPAD) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Measurement of Acculturation Strategies for People of African Descent (MASPAD) write by Ezemenari Marquis Obasi. This book was released on 2004. Measurement of Acculturation Strategies for People of African Descent (MASPAD) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abstract: This study describes the development of the Measurement of Acculturation Strategies for People of African Descent (MASPAD), a multidimensional instrument designed to assess acculturation strategies (i.e., Traditionalist, Integrationist, Assimilationist, and Marginalist) along the dimension of beliefs and behaviors. Three studies were conducted to describe the development of the MASPAD and to assess its psychometric properties. Data was collected from 497 participants of African descent in Atlanta, Columbus, Los Angeles, and New York City. Confirmatory factor analysis and independent raters provided evidence for the multidimensional structure of the MASPAD. Pearson correlation coefficients supported the purported orthogonality of the MASPAD subscales. The MASPAD was a strong predictor of dimensions of worldview and cultural values. Moreover, the Traditionalist Beliefs subscale interacted with the Global Severity Index to predict confidence in therapist. Future directions for this body of research are discussed.
An Examination of Acculturation, Racial Identity, Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health Outcomes Among Africans and Afro-Caribbeans in the United States
An Examination of Acculturation, Racial Identity, Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health Outcomes Among Africans and Afro-Caribbeans in the United States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Examination of Acculturation, Racial Identity, Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health Outcomes Among Africans and Afro-Caribbeans in the United States write by Olufunke Rachael Awosogba. This book was released on 2016. An Examination of Acculturation, Racial Identity, Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health Outcomes Among Africans and Afro-Caribbeans in the United States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the realm of multicultural psychology, focusing on within-group differences facilitates to a deeper understanding of cultural constructs (Bernal, Cumba-Avilés, & Rodriguez-Quintana, 2014). Despite expanded research on acculturation, racial identity, and perceived discrimination on mental health outcomes among various racial and ethnic minority groups, the theoretical and empirical literature focusing on Black immigrants (i.e., Afro-Caribbeans, recent Africans, and their descendants) is scant. This study examined a conceptual model that describes the relationships among acculturation, enculturation, racial centrality, perceived discrimination, and mental health outcomes (specifically, anxiety and depression) among Africans and Afro-Caribbeans in the United States. Two hundred African and Afro-Caribbean adults across 25 states and territories in the United States participated in this study. Using Qualitrics, an online enterprise data collection and survey software, participants completed informed consent forms, a demographic questionnaire, the Measurement of Acculturation Strategies for People of African Descent (MASPAD), the Racial Centrality subscale of the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (MIBI), the Perceived Discrimination Scale (PDS), and the Anxiety and Depression subscales of the Mental Health Inventory (MHI). A path analysis was employed to test the fit of the hypothesized model to the data using three widely used fit indices –comparative fit index (CFI), standardized root-mean-square residual (SRMR), and root-mean-square error of approximation (RMSEA). Two (CFI and SRMR) out of the three fit indices suggested adequate to good model fit. The hypothesized path model proposed that acculturation and enculturation would directly affect anxiety and depression, and that racial identity and perceived discrimination would explain the relationship between these cultural adaptation and mental health outcomes variables. Path coefficients were examined for significance to address the hypotheses. All paths in the model were significant accept direct paths from acculturation and enculturation to anxiety and depression. Overall, acculturation and enculturation had significant effects on anxiety and depression, only indirectly through racial centrality and perceived discrimination. Implications for findings are discussed.
Integrating African-centered Worldview and Acculturation as Predictors of Positive Psychological Outcomes in African Americans
Integrating African-centered Worldview and Acculturation as Predictors of Positive Psychological Outcomes in African Americans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Integrating African-centered Worldview and Acculturation as Predictors of Positive Psychological Outcomes in African Americans write by Bedford E. F. Palmer II. This book was released on 2012. Integrating African-centered Worldview and Acculturation as Predictors of Positive Psychological Outcomes in African Americans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The purpose of this study was to examine potential relationships between African-centered cultural factors and psychological outcomes in adults who are of African descent. Current literature was reviewed in order to provide an understanding of the development and conceptualization of African-centered theories of worldview and acculturation as cultural constructs. Four hypotheses were tested, 1a) greater African-centered worldview is expected to be associated with higher self-esteem, and 1b) lower psychological distress, 2a) relationships between African-centered worldview and self-esteem, and 2b) African-centered worldview and psychological distress would be moderated by acculturative strategy. Survey packets containing the Worldview Analysis Scale (Obasi et al., 2009), the Measurement of Acculturation Strategies for People of African Descent scale (Obasi & Leong, 2010), the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45; Lambert et al., 2004) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE; Rosenberg, 1965), were given to 99 participants in a community sample of people of African descent. Two hierarchal regressions were used to calculate the associations. Significant relationships were found between African-centered worldview and self-esteem, as well as African-centered worldview and psychological distress. Insufficient statistical power may have contributed to the inability to identify a moderator effect for acculturation strategy. Results were discussed in relation to building strength based cultural approaches to psychological theory, research, and practice.
Re/Formation and Identity
Re/Formation and Identity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Re/Formation and Identity write by Deborah J. Johnson. This book was released on 2021-12-02. Re/Formation and Identity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This innovative book applies contemporary and emergent theories of identity formation to timely questions of identity re/formation and development in immigrant families across diverse ethnicities and age groups. Researchers from across the globe examine the ways in which immigrants from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America dynamically adjust, adapt, and resist aspects of their identities in their host countries as a form of resilience. The book provides a multidisciplinary approach to studying the multidimensional complexities of identity development and immigration and offers critical insights on the experiences of immigrant families. Key areas of coverage include: Factors that affect identity formation, readjustment, and maintenance, including individual differences and social environments. Influences of intersecting immigrant ecologies such as family, community, and complex multidimensions of culture on identity development. Current identity theories and their effectiveness at addressing issues of ethnicity, culture, and immigration. Research challenges to studying various forms of identity. Re/Formation and Identity: The Intersectionality of Development, Culture, and Immigration is an essential resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, professionals, and policymakers in the fields of developmental, social, and cross-cultural psychology, parenting and family studies, social work, and all interrelated disciplines.
Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health
Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health write by Gayle Y. Iwamasa. This book was released on 2013-07-19. Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This chapter provides an overview of research on acculturation and mental health in multicultural individuals. The principle frameworks of acculturation are reviewed and distinctions are drawn between the acculturation experiences of immigrants and refugees. This chapter also highlights various methodological considerations relevant to the assessment of acculturation and reviews existing acculturation measures developed with Latinos, Asian Americans, African Americans, and American Indians. Research examining the relationships between acculturation and mental health with emphasis placed on Latino and Asian American populations are presented. This chapter concludes with recommendations for future acculturation research and underscores areas in need of additional empirical inquiry.
