Asian and Pacific Islander Americans: Issues and Concerns for Counseling and Psychotherapy

Asian and Pacific Islander Americans: Issues and Concerns for Counseling and Psychotherapy
ISBN-10
1560726636
ISBN-13
9781560726630
Category
Psychology
Pages
335
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Nova Publishers
Author
Daya Singh Sandhu

Description

Scholars of psychology, education, social work, and counseling examine such topics as transracial adoption, women's issues, substance abuse, and the racial experiences of 43 different ethnic groups often statistically lumped together. Among the specific topics are Asian Indian women's bicultural experience, political ethnic identity versus cultural ethnic identity, ethnic variations in the adaptation of recent immigrant Asian adolescents regarding, and sexual abuse.

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