Approaching the "Resistant:" Exploring East Asian International Students' Perceptions of Therapy and Help-Seeking Behavior Before and After They Arrived in the United States

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-323

  Chen, Hao Min ^a   Lewis, Denise C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; International students; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052635553     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-011-9154-6     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. (2001). AAMFT code of ethics. Alexandria, VA: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
2. Bean, R., & Crane, D. R. (1996). Marriage and family therapy research with ethnic minorities: Current status. American Journal of Family Therapy, 24(1), 3.
3. Becker, H. S., & Geer, B. (1960). Participant observation: The analysis of qualitative field data. In R. N. Adams & J. J. Preiss (Eds.), Human organization research: Field relations and techniques (pp. 267-289). Homewood, IL: Dorsey.
4. Bengtson, V. L., Acock, A. C., Allen, K. R., Dilworth-Anderson, P., & Klein, D. M. (Eds.). (2005). Sourcebook of family theory and research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
5. Brucker, P. S., & Perry, B. J. (1998). American Indians: Presenting concerns and considerations for family therapists. American Journal of Family Therapy, 26(4), 307-319.
6. Charmaz, K. (1983). The grounded theory method: An explication and interpretation. In R. Emerson (Ed.), Contemporary field research (pp. 109-126). Boston: Little, Brown.
7. Creswell, J. W. (2007). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
8. Crotty, M. (2003). The foundation of social research: Meaning and perspective in the research process. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
9. Curd, M., & Cover, J. A. (1998). Rationality, objectivity, and values in science. In M. Curd & J. A. Cover (Eds.), Philosophy of science (pp. 210-253). New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
10. De Reus, L. A., Few, A. L., & Blume, L. B. (2005). Multicultural and critical race feminisms: Theorizing families in the third wave. In V. L. Bengtson, A. C. Acock, K. R. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, & D. M. Klein (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theory and research (pp. 447-468). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
11. Emerson, R. M., Fretz, R. I., & Shaw, L. L. (1995). Writing ethnographic fieldnotes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
12. Haenfler, R. (2007). Rethinking subcultural resistance: Core value of the straight edge movement. In Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches (pp. 309-336). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
13. Hammersley, M., & Atkinson, P. (1995). Ethnography: Principles in practice (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
14. Harter, S. (2008). The developing self. In W. Damon & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Child and adolescent development: An advanced course (pp. 216-646). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
15. Hyun, J., Quinn, B., Madon, T., & Lustig, S. (2007). Mental health need, awareness, and use of counseling services among international graduate students. Journal of American College Health, 56(2), 109-118.
16. IIENetwork. (2009). Record numbers of international students in US higher education. December 1, 2009, from http://www. iie. org/en/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Press-Center/Press-Releases/2009/2009-11-16-Open-Doors-2009-International-Students-in-the-US.
17. Keeling, M. L., & Nielson, L. R. (2005). Indian women's experience of a narrative intervention using art and writing. Contemporary Family Therapy, 27(3), 435-452.
18. Kilinc, A., & Granello, P. F. (2003). Overall life satisfaction and help-seeking attitudes of Turkish college students in the United States: Implications for college counselors. Journal of College Counseling, 6(1), 56.
19. Kim, B. S. K., & Omizo, M. M. (2003). Asian cultural values, attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, and willingness to see a counselor. The Counseling Psychologist, 31(3), 343-361.
20. Kim, B. S. K., Yang, P. H., Atkinson, D. R., Wolfe, M. M., & Hong, S. (2001). Cultural value similarities and differences among Asian American ethnic groups. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 7(4), 343-361.
21. Klineberg, O., & Hull, F. W., I. V. (1979). At a Foreign University: An international study of adaptation and coping. New York: Praeger.
22. LaRossa, R., & Reitzes, D. C. (1993). Symbolic interactionism and family studies. In P. G. Boss, W. J. Doherty, R. LaRossa, W. R. Schumm, & S. K. Steinmetz (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theories and methods. New York, NY: Springer.
23. LaRossa, R., Simonds, W., & Reitzes, D. C. (2005). Culture, cognition, and parenthood. In V. L. Bengtson, A. C. Acock, K. R. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, & D. M. Klein (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theory and research (pp. 423-446). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
24. Lee, E., & Mock, M. R. (2005). Asian families: An overview. In M. McGoldrick, J. Giordano, & N. Garcia-Preto (Eds.), Ethnicity and family therapy. New York: NY: The Guilford Press.
25. Lim, B. K., & Ivey, D. (2000). The assessment of marital adjustment with Chinese populations: A study of the psychometric properties of the dyadic adjustment scale. Contemporary Family Therapy, 22(4), 453-465.
26. Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1986). But is it rigorous? Trustworthiness and authenticity in naturalistic evaluation. In New directions for program evaluation (Vol. 30, pp. 72-84). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
27. Lofland, J., & Lofland, L. H. (1995). Analyzing social settings: A guide to qualitative observation and analysis (3rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
28. Madni, A. (2008). Do the perceptions of the usefulness of academic support services influence ethnically diverse students' help-seeking attitudes and behaviors? Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Southern California.
29. McGoldrick, M., Giordano, J., & Garcia-Preto, N. (2005). Overview: Ethnicity and family therapy. In M. McGoldrick, J. Giordano, & N. Garcia-Preto (Eds.), Ethnicity and family therapy (3rd ed.). New York: The Guilford Publications, Inc.
30. Mittal, M., & Wieling, E. (2006). Training experiences of international doctoral students in marriage and family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 32(3), 369-383.
31. Parr, G., Bradley, L., & Bingi, R. (1992). Concerns and feelings of international students. Journal of American College Students Development, 33, 20-25.
32. US Bureau of the Census. (2009). 2010 Census integrated communications campaign synopsis.
33. Wolcott, H. F. (1994). Transforming qualitative data: Description, analysis, and interpretation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
34. Yi, J. K., Lin, J. C. G., & Kishimoto, Y. (2003). Utilization of counseling services by international students. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 30(4), 333-342.
35. Zavella, P. (1993). Feminist insider dilemmas: Constructing ethnic identity with "Chicana" informants. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 13(3), 53-76.
36. Zhang, N. (1999). Acculturation and counseling expectancies: Asian international students' attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. Ph. D. Dissertation, Ball State University, Indiana. Retrieved March 01, 2009, from http://proquest. umi. com/pqdlink?did=729754981& Fmt=7& clientId=30345& RQT=309& VName=PQD.
37. Zhang, N., & Dixon, D. N. (2003). Acculturation and attitudes of Asian international students toward seeking psychological help. Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development, 31(3), 205-222.