Multicultural Psychology introduces students to the myriad ways in which multicultural issues affect our understanding of, and research in, a wide range of domains including biological, developmental, social, and clinical psychological science. It provides in-depth coverage of the largest groups of color in the United States: African Americans, Latinx Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, and Native Americans. Students will gain an understanding of how race, ethnicity, and culture shape their own behavior, beliefs, interactions, and expectations, and those of the people around them. New to this edition: -New chapters on Clinical Psychology and Racial/Ethnic Identity and Acculturation -Greater focus on study of intersectional identities -Incorporates up-to-date research from a rapidly growing literature -Expanded coverage of qualitative research methods -Information about supplemental blog and video resources -Companion Website where students will find review questions and resource links, and instructors will find PowerPoint slides and discussion questions
To what extent are existing assumptions about culturally competent mental health practice based on research data? The authors expertly summarize the existing research to empirically address the major challenges in the field.
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Based on the assumptions that science and scientific findings transcend cultural differences and that all or most psychological constructs are universal, these instruments have been used to assess racial and ethnic minority populations.
New to this edition: -New chapters on Clinical Psychology and Racial/Ethnic Identity and Acculturation -Greater focus on study of intersectional identities -Incorporates up-to-date research from a rapidly growing literature -Expanded ...
The text focuses on such compelling topics as differences in worldviews, communication, racial and cultural identity development, racism, and immigration. Other issues covered in the text include gender, sexuality, age, and ability.
... Ed Vargas, Diane Klein, Angela Heron, Tara Swasy, Marsha Gray, Alison Allen, David Hollingsworth, and Jessica Davis. ... William H. George, University of Washington; Chi-Ah Chun, California State University, Long Beach; ...
The second volume covers applications and training. In addition to providing a historical context for the field, the Handbook provides a state-of-the-art review across the major domains of psychology from a multicultural perspective.
Cultural Psychology integrates cross-cultural and multicultural approaches into an engaging and comprehensive text.
These two coping strategies have not received sufficient attention in both the theoretical and empirical literatures. 7.1. Creative coping Traditional research has almost exclusively focused on what we call reactive coping, ...