Perceptions of Expertise in Disability: Intersectional Considerations for Disclosure

In this article, I will consider how perceptions of disabled tutees\u27 expertise relate to disclosure through an intersectional lens. Specifically, drawing from reading writing center literature and my own experience to understand how the stigma around disability affects disclosure opportunities for tutees with marginalities considered atypical of disability

Risk and Protective Factors Among Low-Income Urban Mothers and Fathers in the Philippines

Poor and low-income families constitute more than half of the household population in the Philippines, and contend with several risks that may compromise parents' well-being and ability to parent their children effectively. How do poverty-related risks influence Filipino parents, and what are the culturally-relevant factors that promote resilience in this context? To answer these questions, this study examined multidimensional risk and protective factors that contribute to the psychological well-being and parenting behaviors of low-income urban Filipino mothers and fathers. Structured interviews using self-report questionnaires were conducted with 116 mothers and 84 fathers of adolescents from 119 families in three low-income neighborhoods in Manila, Philippines. Mediation analyses showed that neighborhood disorder was associated with rejecting parental behaviors via depressive symptoms for mothers and via general stress for fathers. In addition for fathers, poor living conditions were associated with lower levels of warm parenting through stress. Results from moderation analyses revealed that religiosity reduced the association between community violence exposure and maternal distress (depression, anxiety, and general stress), thereby serving as a protective factor. Neighborhood cohesion was also a protective factor that reduced the association between poor living conditions and paternal distress. Familism did not serve as a protective factor, and instead amplified the negative effect of neighborhood disorder on rejecting behaviors for fathers. Results highlight contextually-relevant risk and protective factors for mothers' and fathers' well-being and parenting behaviors, and offer theoretical, practical, and policy-related applications for improving parents' functioning in a developing country.PHDPsychologyUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/144037/1/rjocson_1.pd

A Dyadic Analysis of Depressive Symptoms and Harsh and Rejecting Parenting in Filipino Mothers and Fathers

This study examines within-person and cross-person relations between depressive symptoms, harsh parenting, and parental rejection in low-income Filipino mothers and fathers of adolescents using an actor-partner interdependence model (APIM). Mother and father dyads (N = 81, Mage = 43.48, SD = 8.66) recruited from urban neighborhoods in the Philippines completed orally administered questionnaires on depressive symptoms, harsh parenting, and rejection. Results showed that mothers\u27 scores and fathers\u27 scores on depressive symptoms did not significantly differ and that mothers scored significantly higher than fathers on harsh parenting and rejection. Dyadic analyses using the APIM showed that the actor effect of depressive symptoms on harsh parenting was statistically significant for fathers only and that the actor effects of depressive symptoms on rejection were statistically significant for both mothers and fathers. No partner effects on harsh parenting and rejection were statistically significant. These findings contribute to the robust evidence linking parental depressive symptoms to negative parenting behaviors and highlight the need to attend to both fathers\u27 psychological health and mothers\u27 psychological health in efforts to reduce harsh and rejecting parenting behaviors among Filipino parents

Individual Thought Patterns: Women in New York\u27s Extreme Metal Music Scene

Extreme metal music (EMM) is both an umbrella term and a sub-category of heavy metal. Although women have a small but steady presence in heavy metal, this number shrinks when applied to the EMM scene. Using ethnographic research, participant-observation and interviews, this study surveys women in New York\u27s EMM scene to address participation, gender performativity and feminist musicology

A Comparative Analysis of the Status of Homosexual Men in Indonesia and the Philippines

Gender related discrimination has increased pervasively, especially as the fight for equality and acceptance takes center stage in the past few years. Women persistently demand the right to stand equally with men, and likewise, the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Community (LGBTQI) seek the same equity. However, responses to gender and sexuality issues vary greatly across the world. The LGBTQI population is also difficult to determine given the intolerance of some Countries towards this community. On the topic of homosexuality, attitudes and presumptions prevail and act as barriers in acceptance of the ‘gay’ community. These obstacles hail from a multitude of concerns, spanning the areas of culture, religion and ethnicity, amongst others. This study seeks to analyze and determine the treatment of homosexual men in two multicultural countries: Indonesia and the Philippines. Repeated reports of gay suppression in Indonesia are a stark contrast to the seemingly high tolerance that gay people enjoy in the Philippines. This paper outlines the causes of these opposing treatments for gay communities in Indonesia and the Philippines