Counseling, Higher Education & Special Education Theses and Dissertations
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Item Decolonizing in Individual Psychotherapy: A Qualitative Exploration(2024) Bansal, Priya; Hill, Clara E; Counseling and Personnel Services; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)We interviewed 12 therapists experienced in practicing decolonizing about their understanding of decolonizing and its relevance to therapy, as well as how they implemented this approach with at least one client. Interviews were analyzed using Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) and revealed that colonial paradigms had negative individual, relational, and societal impacts; therapists used a range of interventions aligned with decolonizing, including interventions to help clients gain insight about the systemic context of psychological problems and to facilitate client resistance of colonial ideologies; sociocultural identity interactions between therapist and client considerably shaped the therapy work; therapists encountered conceptual, practical, and systemic barriers to decolonizing practice; and clients experienced improvements across intrapersonal and interpersonal functioning. Implications for practice and research are discussed.Item Resilience in Formerly Incarcerated Black Women: Racial Centrality and Social Support as Protective Factors(2019) Yee, Stephanie Elza; Shin, Richard Q; Counseling and Personnel Services; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)The United States incarcerates a larger percentage of its population than any other country in the world. Women are entering prison at higher rates than men in recent years, especially Black women, who are underrepresented in the criminal justice literature. Very little is known about formerly incarcerated Black women, who experience unique sociocultural challenges such as disproportionate rates of mental health issues, gendered racism, intimate partner violence, and recidivism to prison. This study examined how social support and racial centrality played a role in challenges faced by a sample of 54 formerly incarcerated Black women living in a large metropolitan city in the mid-Atlantic. Two multiple hierarchical regressions were used to explore whether social support and racial centrality moderated the relationship between gendered racism and depression. There was no evidence to indicate that racial centrality predicted depression or acted as a moderator between gendered racism and depression. However, social support was found to moderate the relationship between the variables. Implications for practice and future directions are discussed.Item The Effect of Indirect Interpersonal Exposure to Counseling on Willingness through Attitudes(2014) Huh, Gloria; Miller, Matthew J.; Counseling and Personnel Services; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)The present study examined whether attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help partially mediated the relationship between the frequency and valence of Asian Americans’ indirect interpersonal exposure to counseling and willingness to see a counselor. Statistically significant indirect effects were found. An exploratory factor analysis revealed that indirect interpersonal exposure to counseling through family members and friends emerged as two distinct factors. Partial mediation was found only for the frequency of indirect interpersonal exposure to counseling through family members on willingness to see a counselor (personal, academic/career, health problems) through attitudes. Using hierarchical linear regression, this study examined whether collectivism moderated the relationship between the frequency and valence of indirect interpersonal exposure to counseling on attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. Moderation was not found. Collectivism and conformity to norms did not moderate the relationship between indirect interpersonal exposure to counseling through family members and friends on attitudes.Item THE ROLE OF SELF-DETERMINATION ON QUALITY OF LIFE, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND ENVISIONING A CAREER/LIFE GOAL OR FUTURE FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN A BEST PRACTICES TRANSITION INTERVENTION(2012) Ferguson, Terri Kay; Fabian, Ellen; Counseling and Personnel Services; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)Self-determination has been identified as a major predictive factor for positive postsecondary outcomes for students with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of self-determination in productive student engagement, perceived quality of life, and the ability to envision a career/life goal or future for students with multiple disabilities participating in a promising practices transition intervention. Results indicated significant results in the areas of student engagement and quality of life indicating the importance of self-determination on these factors. The results indicated a negative correlation between two of the self-determination subscales and envisioning a career/life goal which was an interesting and contradictory finding to the existing literature. Implications and recommendations are discussed.Item Teacher Identification of Students for a Social-Emotional Intervention(2009) Sedlik, Samantha Lynn; Teglasi, Hedwig; Counseling and Personnel Services; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)This study described how students received services for social-emotional issues in several schools where a social competence program was implemented. The study examined several variables including a) teacher referral practices in the context of a program designed as a prereferral intervention for these issues in elementary school-aged children; b) child characteristics; and c) group dynamics. Referring teachers completed pre and post-test behavior rating forms for 45 children (N=45) in the program. All students completed pre and post-test measures of listening comprehension and self-report measures of depression, anxiety, and anger. A case study of two children with different initial profiles highlights how initial child characteristics affect performance and progress in the group situation. The variability in child performance demonstrates the need for careful selection of participants when conducting group interventions in schools. Implications for prereferral interventions are discussed.Item AN EXPLORATION OF DEAF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE DYNAMICS OF THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROCESS TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THEIR REHABILITATION GOALS(2005-08-02) Graham, Reina Lynn; Power, Paul; Counseling and Personnel Services; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)A single-case study design was utilized to explore, through personal interviews with Deaf consumers of the state/federal VR system who were attending Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the variables associated with perception of the barriers in the state/federal VR process. Three research questions were utilized: (a) what perception do Deaf consumers have of the VR process?; (b) what are barriers to the achievement of goals in the VR process, as perceived by Deaf consumers?; and (c) what factors do Deaf consumers attribute to the achievement of goals in the VR process? An examination of the qualitative data indicated that the three main areas of VR services that caused barriers to achieving services among the participants were (a) the services and support that VR offers its consumers varies from state to state, rather than being standard among all states, (b) the opinion that there is insufficient communication between VR and consumers, and (c) the high turnover rate of VR Counselors. Examination of the qualitative data also indicated that, overall, participants were satisfied with their VR services, primarily because VR pays for school and participants feel that VR is meeting their needs at this time.Item Discriminatory Practices Charged Under EEOC: An Empirical Analysis of Investigated Complaints Filed by those who have Cancer(2005-06-10) McKenna, Maureen Ann; Fabian , Ellen; Counseling and Personnel Services; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)Previously unexplored data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Integrated Mission System database is analyzed with specific reference to allegations filed by individuals with cancer of workplace discrimination under ADA Title I between July 27, 1992 and September 30, 2003. These allegations are compared to those from a general disability population on key dimensions of workplace discrimination--specifically, demographic characteristics of the charging parties, the industry designation, location, and region site of employers against whom complaints are filed, types of alleged adverse actions and resolution of these complaints. Study results showed allegations derived from charging parties with cancer are more likely than those from the general disability population studied to involve issues of discharge, terms and conditions of employment, lay-offs, wages and terms conditions of employment and demotion. Compared to the general disability group, charging parties with cancer were more likely to be female, approximately 47 years of age and Caucasian. Allegations derived from charging parties with cancer were also more likely to be filed against smaller employers (15-100 workers) or those in the service industries compared to those from the general disability population. Claims filed by those with cancer were likely to be found to have merit more than those filed from the general disability population. Implications for rehabilitation counselor education are addressed and recommendations for further research are provided.Item The Development and Validation of the Group Leader Intervention Scales(2004-06-01) Nuijens, Karen L.; Teglasi-Golubcow, Hedwig; Counseling and Personnel Services; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)The purpose of the study was to develop and validate an instrument for examining therapist interventions in group counseling settings. The Group Leader Intervention Scales (GLIS) is a verbal response mode system designed to code group leader verbalizations on six group process variables (structure, group cohesion, modeling, information, exploration, and feedback), and on eleven subscales that examine various aspects of the main categories. The GLIS was developed though a content analysis of session transcripts from a group intervention for children that used stories and peer group processes to increase social problem-solving. High levels of interrater reliability were established between three raters for the six group process variables, and for nine of the eleven subscales. Initial validity of the new instrument was demonstrated by its ability to distinguish between groups based on treatment response (high or low cognitive treatment response), and based on stage of treatment (early, middle, or late).