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Cultural Commitment And Attitudes Toward Seeking Counseling Services In African-Americans, Jessamine M. Montero
Cultural Commitment And Attitudes Toward Seeking Counseling Services In African-Americans, Jessamine M. Montero
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The purpose of this project was to explore possible relations between African-American acculturation level and attitudes of seeking professional psychological help. A sample of 120 African-American residents of Huntington, WV, completed survey questionnaires designed to assess: cultural commitment levels; attitudes toward counseling; and awareness of the Prestera Center for Mental Health Services, a local mental health center. Cultural commitment levels were assessed by self-ratings of African-Americans to the Anglo- and African-American cultures, and to the specific Huntington Anglo- and African-American cultures; respondants also rated their perceptions of mental health professionals' commitment levels to the Anglo-, African-, Huntington Anglo-, and Huntington …
Neuropsychological Functioning Among Violent And Nonviolent Sex Offenders, Pamela Knox-Jones
Neuropsychological Functioning Among Violent And Nonviolent Sex Offenders, Pamela Knox-Jones
Psychology Theses & Dissertations
Violent sex offenders, nonviolent sex offenders, violent non-sex offenders, and nonviolent non-sex offenders were compared on neuropsychological testing and on personality testing. A neuropsychological test battery and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 (MMPI-2) were administered to 93 and 50 male felons respectively. Subjects were drawn from a data base provided by the state Department of Corrections. Potential indicators of neuropsychological impairment were controlled during the selection process. Analyses of Variance (alpha =.05) found that violent sex offenders scored significantly lower than the other three groups on two measures that are sensitive to left hemisphere impairment and one that …