Examines the psychosocial adjustment issues encountered by Cambodian refugee women. Presents a discussion on premigration and postmigration challenges as well as a discussion on how premigration trauma experiences impact postmigration adjustment. Discusses implications for multicultural counseling and presents recommendations for mental health…

Explores client psychological distress as a variable in career counseling among a group of 42 clients seen by counselors-in-training. Results indicate that 60% of the clients were psychologically distressed; clients' scores decreased significantly from pretest to posttest on psychological variables; and significant linear growth occurred in…

Examines the effects of client participation on empowerment, with special emphasis on gender, among a group of community activists in central Israel. Findings suggest different relationships between types of participation and empowerment by gender. Gender did not have a significant main effect on empowerment, and its effects only became evident…

Compares the level of suicide intent among female and male parasuicide patients from various European regions. Although some statistical significant differences in level of suicide intent between the regions and genders were found, the effect sizes of these relationships were so small that the differences have neither theoretical nor practical…

Examines clients' perceptions of live supervision and their satisfaction with therapy in a university-based training clinic for marriage and family therapists. Results indicate that clients were generally satisfied with therapy and found the live-supervision process satisfactory as long as the perceived helpfulness of live supervision outweighed…

Management of student affairs is a complex and unpredictable task that requires thoughtful planning and sensitivity. Managers who set priorities in a planned way, act strategically to implement plans, and make adjustments based on changing conditions can make a difference. Managers must work collaboratively to achieve mutual purposes through…

Examined self-disclosure as a conscious intentional technique in which clinicians share information about their lives. Experienced clinicians (N=120) responded to four scenarios. Studied client and counselor variables, demographics, and reasons for and against disclosure. Discusses self-disclosure criteria. Discusses implications for practice and…

Study seeks to determine what efforts college and university counseling center directors make to collect and report data about clients with histories of previous counseling treatment. Seventy two percent of respondents indicated a belief that greater numbers of counseling center clients have a prior history of treatment than four years ago.…

Although Capeverdean Americans have been a part of the long multicultural history of the United States, little has been written within the professional literature about the special services needs of this cultural group. This article presents some important features of the culture and history of Capeverdeans that are relevant for the provision of…

Includes "Foreword. Social Theory and Educational Gerontology: Themes and Future Perspectives" (Phillipson); "Can There Be a Cultural Sociology of Ageing?" (Blaikie); "Consumers, Identity and Old Age" (Vincent); "Population Ageing: Critical Gerontology and the Sociological Tradition" (Phillipson, Biggs);…

A participatory dialogue model was used to engage a Scottish community in identifying expressed and unmet needs for children's services. The move toward a partnership model needs to be made gradually so that participatory ownership and empowerment can develop. (SK)

Presents findings from a recent field study in which ethnographic methods and social network theory were used to investigate the flow of human services information (HSI) among nurses, the elderly and other attendees at foot clinics. Discusses four categories of contextual factors in terms of their impact on participants' information behavior and…

Compares the clinical characteristics of binge eating disorder (BED) and the related syndrome bulimia nervosa (BN). Findings suggest individuals with BED are distinguishable from those with BN on a number of traits, including higher rates of obesity and lower levels of eating concern and dietary restraint. (Contains 29 references and 2 tables.)…

Inreach and Outreach, a new recruitment model, was devised in an endeavor to link educational institutions to human services agencies themselves in training and recruitment of prospective human services workers. Inreach and Outreach monitors current trends and keeps the curriculum coherent with the philosophies basic to the effective…

Explores the current impact of interpersonal violence on college counseling centers and their clients. Results reveal that client sex, intake counselor sex, intake counselor experience, and client counseling history significantly predicted disclosure of violence experiences. Counselor sex, counselor experience, and client's experience with…