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An Exploratory Study Of The Relationship Between Community Involvement And Lgb Identity, Jenna Collins
An Exploratory Study Of The Relationship Between Community Involvement And Lgb Identity, Jenna Collins
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Found families are common within the LGBT community, and many models of LGB identity development include contact with other same-sex attracted individuals, or involvement in the LGBT community as important to identity development. However there has been little research investigating the connection between community involvement and identity development or acceptance. This exploratory study will compare LGB identity, measured with the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Identity Survey, to respondents’ answers to open-ended questions about their LGB community involvement. Open-ended questions will be coded by the researcher using content analysis to find commonalities between responses. Comparisons will look for any relationships between stages …
Marianismo And Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Study On Latina Perspectives, Sara Tilisky
Marianismo And Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Study On Latina Perspectives, Sara Tilisky
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the correlational relationships between help seeking attitudes, marianismo, and mental health symptoms in a sample of Latinas. Marianismo is a Latina-specific value system based on the idea that women are to be self-sacrificing, chaste, and family oriented. Data from self-identified Latinas (N=77) were used to determine how degrees of adherence to marianista values correlate with various mental health symptoms and reported instances of professional help seeking attitudes. Results yielded a weak positive relationship between adherence to marianismo-like values and prevalence of mental health symptoms, and no relationship between adherence to …
Culturally Sensitive Social Work And Mental Health Practice With The Amish, Julissa J. Coblentz Ms.
Culturally Sensitive Social Work And Mental Health Practice With The Amish, Julissa J. Coblentz Ms.
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
With the growing number of Amish in the United States today, it is important for social workers and mental health practitioners serving this population to do so in a way that is sensitive to their culture. Even though the Amish live a unique, simplistic lifestyle which enables them to focus on the things which they value such as church membership and family, occasionally, they do have mental health and social service needs. This study attempts to explore specific culturally sensitive behaviors which social workers and mental health practitioners can utilize in striving to meet these needs. The researcher compiled a …