Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1409779
S. Bartlett
ABSTRACT Past research has shown people who predominately use British Sign Language to communicate have their own cultural identity. The current research used an online questionnaire and opportunity sampling to assess clinician awareness of Deaf culture and their knowledge of D/deafness. The UK Department of Health previously published recommendations aimed at making mental health services more accessible for D/deaf individuals and so the current accessibility of services for D/deaf individuals is also considered. The study found mixed attitudes towards Deafness and limited knowledge of Deafness by clinicians working within a mental health context. There appears to be limited implementation of the recommendations given by the Department of Health. Suggestions are given for improving services for D/deaf clients.
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Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1409780
J. Osafo
ABSTRACT The importance of cultural factors has been a contested issue in psychological research and practice around the world. This paper argues for the importance of conducting psychological research and practice with respect to the cultural context of Ghana. The first part of this article focuses on definition of culture as a concept in psychology and the challenges and theoretical positions of the relationship between culture and psychology. The essay further focuses on the factors necessitating the shift from cross-cultural thinking to cultural thinking in psychological research and practice in the country. The final part of the essay examines the implications of cultural thinking for research methodologies in psychological research and practice in Ghana. It assertively concludes that psychological science can aid service users better if its Westernized focus is challenged and realigned with the cultural context of the country.
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Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1389965
Nadie Judicaëlle Pambo, D. Truchot, D. Ansel
ABSTRACT The horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism (HV-IC) scale is one of the most used to assess individualism and collectivism (IC), but its factorial structure is more discussed. In the context of this debate, this paper presents two studies that establish the psychometric properties of a French version of the HV-IC scale among Gabonese employees. In study 1, a principal component factor analyses (N = 344) conducted with statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) software indicated that the four-factor replicated well with fewer items than the initial version (reduced from 32 to 21 items). In study 2, a confirmatory factor analyses (N = 293) using Amos software provided satisfactory goodness of fit after minor modifications in the covariances between errors: X² (181) = 305.30, p = .000; goodness of fit index (GFI) = .91; comparative fit index (CFI) = .90; and root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = .05 (confidence interval [.04, .06]). The findings indicated that the Gabonese version of the HV-IC scale is a valid, reliable measure with a solid theoretical base. This study offers African French researchers a valid measurement tool and, consequently, a new methodological approach with which to build a better understanding of the cultural orientation of employees at work. Our results contribute to the debate about the cross-cultural validation of the scale.
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Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1404117
C. Potard, Andrei Hadjiu
ABSTRACT We investigated the role of culture in the relationship between social anxiety and tobacco dependence in a collectivist country (Republic of Moldova) and an individualist Western country (France). More specifically, we examined this relationship among young French (n = 225) and Moldovan (n = 288) adults aged between 18 and 30 years. Moldovan daily smokers had higher fear of performance and fear of social interaction scores than Moldovan non-smokers. Moldovan and French smokers with a low level of cigarette dependence had lower social anxiety scores than those with a medium or high level of cigarette dependence. However, whereas heavy cigarette dependence was mainly associated with avoidance of social interaction in the Moldovan sample, it was mainly associated with performance concerns (fear and avoidance) in the French sample. Cultural context may mediate the co-occurrence of social anxiety and tobacco smoking.
{"title":"A cross-cultural perspective on the relationship between social anxiety and cigarette use: a case from France and the Republic of Moldova","authors":"C. Potard, Andrei Hadjiu","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1404117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1404117","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We investigated the role of culture in the relationship between social anxiety and tobacco dependence in a collectivist country (Republic of Moldova) and an individualist Western country (France). More specifically, we examined this relationship among young French (n = 225) and Moldovan (n = 288) adults aged between 18 and 30 years. Moldovan daily smokers had higher fear of performance and fear of social interaction scores than Moldovan non-smokers. Moldovan and French smokers with a low level of cigarette dependence had lower social anxiety scores than those with a medium or high level of cigarette dependence. However, whereas heavy cigarette dependence was mainly associated with avoidance of social interaction in the Moldovan sample, it was mainly associated with performance concerns (fear and avoidance) in the French sample. Cultural context may mediate the co-occurrence of social anxiety and tobacco smoking.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"43 1","pages":"417 - 424"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82434370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1400082
T. Tran
ABSTRACT This study used data from the first wave of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS) [Portes, A., & Rumbaut, R. G. (2008). Children of immigrants longitudinal study (CILS). Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research] to examine cross-cultural differences and similarities in risk and protective factors of depression in a sample of 1827 Cuban and Indochinese adolescents aged from 13 to 16 years old: 1197 Cubans and 630 Indochinese. The results revealed that discrimination, poor family economic situation, sex, and age were risk factors of depression. English language speaking, parental love, parental attention, and living with both parents were protective factors against depression. There was a significant interaction association between sex and ethnic groups with depression and a significant interaction association between age and ethnic groups with depression. The results relating to cross-cultural differences and similarities in risk and protective factors of depression between ethnic immigrant adolescents are discussed, and recommendations for school counsellors, social workers, and mental health service providers are highlighted.
本研究使用了第一波移民子女纵向研究(CILS)的数据[Portes, A.， & Rumbaut, R. G.(2008)]。移民子女纵向研究。结果显示，歧视、家庭经济条件差、性别和年龄是抑郁症的危险因素。说英语、父母的爱、父母的关注以及与父母双方生活在一起都是预防抑郁症的保护因素。性别和种族与抑郁有显著的交互作用，年龄和种族与抑郁有显著的交互作用。本文讨论了族裔移民青少年抑郁风险和保护因素的跨文化异同，并对学校辅导员、社会工作者和心理健康服务提供者提出了建议。
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Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2018.1556718
Caleb N. Chadwick, L. Brinkley-Rubinstein, M. McCormack, Abbey K. Mann
ABSTRACT Experiences of stigma, including stigma in religious settings, among individuals who are HIV positive have been widely documented. However, research related to stigma has predominantly focussed on urban locations. As a result, stigma incurred via religious settings in non-urban areas has been underexplored. The aim of this study is to uncover the experiences of individuals who are HIV positive with religious institutions, leaders and congregants in the non-urban American South. A total of 22 participants were interviewed. Experiences with stigma were pervasive with participants often describing anticipation of future stigma (often based on past negative experiences), the experience of stigma, and, for some participants, intersectional or layered stigma related to being both gay, or being perceived as gay, and HIV positive. Our findings suggest that the conditions of the non-urban setting in which this research took place made specific contributions to participants’ experiences of stigma.
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Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1397720
S. Humphries, R. King, M. Dunne, C. Nguyen
ABSTRACT Subjective quality of life (sQOL) has become an established outcome indicator in psychosis research, but longitudinal studies from developing countries remain scarce. This study aimed to examine sQOL, its short-term course and its predictors among people with early psychosis in central Vietnam. Community-dwelling individuals with early psychosis and their relatives were recruited via public health facilities for a naturalistic 6 month longitudinal study. The WHO Quality of Life-Bref and other standardized assessments were administered to 77 patients at baseline and 56 at follow-up. Average sQOL levels were found to be moderate across all key domains, but individuals who reported good QOL were in the minority. Negative appraisals in the environment domain, particularly in terms of money, were more common than in other QOL areas. Although level of community functioning improved significantly over the 6 month period, mean sQOL scores remained unchanged. Generalized estimating equation models revealed that more social support, being unmarried, and absence of dysphoria and negative symptoms were significantly associated with better sQOL in most domains. In summary, functional improvement may not necessarily result in enhanced sQOL for individuals with early psychosis in this setting. Local socioeconomic factors appeared to be among the most important influences on subjective wellbeing.
{"title":"Subjective quality of life and its predictors among people with early psychosis in central Vietnam: a short-term longitudinal study","authors":"S. Humphries, R. King, M. Dunne, C. Nguyen","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1397720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1397720","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Subjective quality of life (sQOL) has become an established outcome indicator in psychosis research, but longitudinal studies from developing countries remain scarce. This study aimed to examine sQOL, its short-term course and its predictors among people with early psychosis in central Vietnam. Community-dwelling individuals with early psychosis and their relatives were recruited via public health facilities for a naturalistic 6 month longitudinal study. The WHO Quality of Life-Bref and other standardized assessments were administered to 77 patients at baseline and 56 at follow-up. Average sQOL levels were found to be moderate across all key domains, but individuals who reported good QOL were in the minority. Negative appraisals in the environment domain, particularly in terms of money, were more common than in other QOL areas. Although level of community functioning improved significantly over the 6 month period, mean sQOL scores remained unchanged. Generalized estimating equation models revealed that more social support, being unmarried, and absence of dysphoria and negative symptoms were significantly associated with better sQOL in most domains. In summary, functional improvement may not necessarily result in enhanced sQOL for individuals with early psychosis in this setting. Local socioeconomic factors appeared to be among the most important influences on subjective wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"14 1","pages":"373 - 388"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90221984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2018.1513543
T. Tran
ABSTRACT This study examined the double jeopardy effect of perceived discrimination and lack of parental support on depression among adolescents of immigrant parents in the United States. Two complementary hypotheses were tested. The first hypothesis postulates the independent effects of perceived discrimination and lack of parental support, and the second hypothesis postulates that perceived discrimination and lack of parental support jointly affect perceived depression in such a way that children of immigrants who felt discriminated and did not have parental support experienced a significantly higher level of perceived depression than those who felt discriminated but had parental support. The data of this study came from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CIL), 1991–2005. The study’s sample consisted of 4110 adolescents who completed the interviews in 1992 and 1995. Ordinary least square regression was used to test the hypotheses. The results supported the study’s hypotheses, suggesting that adolescents of immigrant parents who experienced discrimination and lacked parental support suffered from a significantly higher level of perceived depression. Implications for formal and informal social services are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1404116
Sakiko Yamaguchi
ABSTRACT The Japanese concept of kokoro no kea (care for mind) is a local notion based on the global concept of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This localized concept has contributed to raising awareness of the need for post-disaster psycho-social support and establishing a disaster mental health system. Despite its intention to reduce the mental health-related stigma by expressing that mind can be injured in the same way as body can, the reluctance to seek support still persists. This paper aims to explore the challenges underlying the notion of kokoro no kea in changing the help-seeking behaviour of disaster victims through examining Japanese cultural concepts and political history. The literature review suggests that the semantic ambiguity embedded in the concept does not fully reflect the double-natured structure of consciousness in Japan which is related to an interdependent self in a society where cohesiveness and social inclusion are emphasized. Nor is the concept able to adequately signify the way that societal power relations have produced the collective experience of suffering. This paper concludes by reiterating that the cultural configuration of the self, language use, and the socio-political aspect of collective trauma are crucial elements in addressing the mental health needs of disaster victims.
日本的“心灵关怀”(kokoro no kea)概念是基于全球创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)概念的本土概念。这种本土化的概念有助于提高人们对灾后社会心理支持需求的认识，并有助于建立灾后心理健康系统。尽管它打算通过表明心灵可以像身体一样受到伤害来减少与精神健康有关的耻辱，但不愿寻求支持的情况仍然存在。本文旨在通过对日本文化观念和政治历史的考察，探讨“救助”理念在改变灾民求助行为方面所面临的挑战。文献回顾表明，隐含在这一概念中的语义歧义并没有完全反映出日本意识的双重性质结构，这种结构与强调凝聚力和社会包容的社会中相互依存的自我有关。这个概念也不能充分表明社会权力关系产生集体苦难经验的方式。本文的结论重申，自我的文化配置，语言使用和集体创伤的社会政治方面是解决灾难受害者心理健康需求的关键因素。
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Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2018.1561736
Bianca Eloise M. Agbayani, Pauline Isabel Aurora Trinidad M. Villaflor, Nadine Pamela B. Villaret, M. Hechanova
ABSTRACT The exposure of first responders to emergencies and disaster puts them at high risk of experiencing vicarious trauma. First responders are typically male and literature suggests that a negative connotation of masculinity creates a stigma that leads to low help-seeking behaviour and poorer psychological outcomes. This study examines Filipino dimensions of masculinity namely perceived cognitive ability, sense of community, and assertive dominance and how these dimensions predict adaptive coping and its outcomes. Surveys of 135 male first responders reveal that perceived cognitive ability and sense of community positively predict adaptive coping. Results also support the hypothesis that adaptive coping mediates the relationship of perceived cognitive ability, and sense of community positively with psychological well-being. However, there was no relationship between assertive dominance and adaptive coping. Rather, assertive dominance predicted vicarious trauma. The results contribute to the literature by showing that masculinity ideologies have both positive and negative relationships with mental health. This has implications on how emergency organizations can help support first responders.
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