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Development Of Bicultural Competence, Jessica L. Scheunemann
Development Of Bicultural Competence, Jessica L. Scheunemann
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Research Exchange Conference
This inquiry looks at factors facilitating the development of bicultural competnece in internationally-adopted youth in America. Bicultural competence is the extnesion of ethnic identity defined as having knowledge of language, lifestyle characteristics, and patterns if interpersonal behavior of two cultural groups. Being competent in two cultures is an extremely difficult task for youth, largely impacted by socialization and parent mediation. Major factors discussed include: parent characteristics/styles/access to resources, youth/parental exploration of ethnicity, bicultural stress, and youth perceptions. Bicultural competnece leads to many benefits and is an important topic for counselors to understand and continually educate themselves on!
Child Behavior Resulting From Single Mother's Usage Of Social Technology, Jessica L. Scheunemann, Alicia Bunnell
Child Behavior Resulting From Single Mother's Usage Of Social Technology, Jessica L. Scheunemann, Alicia Bunnell
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Research Exchange Conference
We will present what we have found in a literature review of related topics and our research design for this study. It is hoped we can get feedback to further our research ideas in this area and for us to compile a final paper to be submitted at the end of the semester.
We will then discuss practicalities of our design thus far and implications for practicing counselors.