College Students
College is a time and a place for young adults to come into form of who they are. In the quest of gaining higher knowledge college students may not be so naïve to what they hear and what they learn. College represents a major developmental transition, which may be a time of personal growth as well as stress (Turner-Musa & Wilson , 2006). African-american college student. The number of African American students attending higher education in the U.S increased from 9% to 14% from 1978 to 2009 (U.S Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics , 2010).
Psychological Distress This study is taking a look at the relationship psychological help seeking and religious coping and practices have on African American college students that may be embarked in psychological distress. Within finding the relationship, there has been studies done to find how psychological distress is first view. After empirical research, Galek et al. (2015) suggested that belief that there is meaning in life is inversely …show more content…
African Americans view depression as a personal weakness. (Dzokoto, Hicks, & Miller, 2007). A study was done by Obasi and Leong (2009) that investigated the relationship between psychological distress, acculturation and mental help seeking attitudes. Their study was conducted amongst a population of people of African descent, instead of African American who has picked up and adapted the American culture. In their study, they used a mean of the acculturation strategies to investigate group differences in the presence of psychological distress (Obasi & Leong, 2009). For this study the results indicates that there is positive and negative relationship within the two acculturation strategies that was being investigated. A study done that focused on African American women concluded that their avoidance toward psychological help seeking, facilitating emotional expression (as quoted in their
College is a time and a place for young adults to come into form of who they are. In the quest of gaining higher knowledge college students may not be so naïve to what they hear and what they learn. College represents a major developmental transition, which may be a time of personal growth as well as stress (Turner-Musa & Wilson , 2006). African-american college student. The number of African American students attending higher education in the U.S increased from 9% to 14% from 1978 to 2009 (U.S Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics , 2010).
Psychological Distress This study is taking a look at the relationship psychological help seeking and religious coping and practices have on African American college students that may be embarked in psychological distress. Within finding the relationship, there has been studies done to find how psychological distress is first view. After empirical research, Galek et al. (2015) suggested that belief that there is meaning in life is inversely …show more content…
African Americans view depression as a personal weakness. (Dzokoto, Hicks, & Miller, 2007). A study was done by Obasi and Leong (2009) that investigated the relationship between psychological distress, acculturation and mental help seeking attitudes. Their study was conducted amongst a population of people of African descent, instead of African American who has picked up and adapted the American culture. In their study, they used a mean of the acculturation strategies to investigate group differences in the presence of psychological distress (Obasi & Leong, 2009). For this study the results indicates that there is positive and negative relationship within the two acculturation strategies that was being investigated. A study done that focused on African American women concluded that their avoidance toward psychological help seeking, facilitating emotional expression (as quoted in their