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Emotion Regulation In European American And Hong Kong Chinese Middle School Children, Kayan Phoebe Wan
Emotion Regulation In European American And Hong Kong Chinese Middle School Children, Kayan Phoebe Wan
Dissertations, 2014-2019
This study explored emotion regulation strategies in middle school European American (N = 54) and Hong Kong Chinese (N =89) children. Based on Gross’s theory (1998), the Survey of Emotion Regulation Strategies was designed to study children’s perceived effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies (deep breathing, thinking positively, situation avoidance, talking and suppression) in three fictitious scenarios associated with sadness, anger, and fear. Five mixed ANOVAs were conducted to evaluate the effect of culture, gender and the type of emotion on each emotion regulation strategy. The results demonstrated that American children considered deep breathing more effective in dealing with anger than …
Small Steps And Long Strides: Personal Reflections And Insights On Becoming Multiculturally Competent, Sharon D. Lockaby
Small Steps And Long Strides: Personal Reflections And Insights On Becoming Multiculturally Competent, Sharon D. Lockaby
Educational Specialist, 2009-2019
With a history of attention being paid to multicultural counseling competencies as important attributes for a counselor to have to work with diverse clients, new counselors are challenged to prepare for working with these clients. Lee (2006) found that multiculturally competent professionals possess the awareness, knowledge, and skills to work with diverse communities. New counselors need to develop the knowledge, skills and awareness to competently work with diverse clients. There are multiple training methods suggested to support the development of these counseling competencies including Contact Hypothesis, cross-cultural interaction and cultural immersion. This article focuses on one graduate student’s background and …