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Peer reviewedTatar, Moshe; Horenczyk, Gabriel – Journal of College Counseling, 2000
Reports on the differential effects of cultural background and permanence of relocation on the expectations of counseling, the kinds of support sought when approaching a counselor, and the acculturation attitudes among 219 international students from English-speaking countries and the former Soviet Union attending an Israeli university.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Counselor Performance, Cultural Influences
Download full textBen-Porath, Yossef S. – 1987
The refugee experience--migrating against one's will--is a source of immense psychological stress. This paper therefore draws on empirical findings and theoretical discussions from the psychological, psychiatric, nursing, social work, sociological, and anthropological literature in order to identify the major stressors encountered in the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Biculturalism, Cultural Differences
Abou, Selim – 1977
This study, the result of interviews conducted in Quebec and Montreal in the spring of 1975, deals with the adaptation, integration, and acculturation of the Lebanese immigrants in Quebec since the end of World War II. This new immigration wave is contrasted with the one that took place around 1880. Generally speaking, the situation in both the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Hagan, Jacqueline Maria – 1994
This book examines the settlement process of undocumented migrant workers through an ethnographic study of a Houston (Texas) community of Mayas from a township in Totonicapan, Guatemala. The community is traced from its genesis in 1978, when a few men left the township in search of economic opportunity, to the complex effects of the 1986…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Culture, Community Study
National Council of the Churches of Christ of the United States of America, New York, NY. Church World Service. – 1980
This is a partially annotated bibliography of books, journal articles, and other materials on refugees and refugee issues from an international perspective and from the perspective of several countries around the world. The materials cover a range of topics including general theories on refugees; the refugee experience before 1960 and the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Civil Liberties, Cultural Influences
PDF pending restorationWilliams, Carolyn L. – 1986
This annotated bibliography, spanning a number of relevant disciplines, contains primarily materials in published scientific literature on refugee mental health. References have been grouped into four major sections. Section 1, Understanding Refugees in Context, provides important background material in five categories: cultural and related…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Child Welfare, Counselor Training, Cross Cultural Studies
Peterson, Susan C.; And Others – 1988
The second volume of this annotated bibliography contains primarily materials in published scientific literature on refugee mental health. References have been grouped into five major sections. Section 1, Understanding Refugees in Context, provides important background material in five categories: cultural and related information about different…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Child Welfare, Counselor Training
Jun, JuSung – 2002
Adjustment experiences of South Korean graduate students' wives living in Georgia were examined from a feminist viewpoint. The adaptive process, its cultural meaning, and related social ramifications, was hypothesized to be an example of transformative learning. These two questions guided the study: (1) how did South Korean students' wives adapt…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development
