The Interplay of International Students’ Acculturative Stress, Social Support, and Acculturation Modes

This study examined the relationship between acculturation modes (assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization), social support, and acculturative stress in undergraduate and graduate international students (N=104) at a medium-sized public university in the Midwestern United States. The study found that international students with broad-based social support and an Integration approach to acculturation experienced lower levels of acculturative stress. Implications for more effective counseling with international students are addressed

Training Models in Counseling Psychology: Scientist-Practitioner Versus Practitioner-Scholar

Considerable discussion has occurred through the years regarding models of training. With the recent accreditation of counseling psychology programs espousing the practitioner-scholar model, the importance of reexamining the merits of this as well as the traditional scientist-practitioner is now very important for the future of the field. This article consists of two positions: One pro practitioner-scholar and the other pro scientist-practitioner and con practitioner-scholar. The first position (first part of the article) by Biever, Patterson, and Welch argues for inclusion of the practitioner-scholar model as an alternative for training in counseling psychology. The second position (in the second part of the article) by Stoltenberg, Pace, and Kashubeck reviews concerns with two competing models. These authors conclude that the scientist-practitioner model is a better fit for training in counseling psychology. Recommendations for training within models are presented.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline

The Interplay of International Students’ Acculturative Stress, Social Support, and Acculturation Modes

This study examined the relationship between acculturation modes (assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization), social support, and acculturative stress in undergraduate and graduate international students (N=104) at a medium-sized public university in the Midwestern United States. The study found that international students with broad-based social support and an Integration approach to acculturation experienced lower levels of acculturative stress. Implications for more effective counseling with international students are addressed

Counseling Preferences of Young Adults with Cancer.

This study examined preferences for counseling topics to discuss in individual, group, and familycounseling among young adults with cancer, as well as their ranked preferences for attending individual,group, and family counseling. A sample of 320 young adults with cancer (18–39 years old) completed anonline survey containing items relevant to young adults’ psychosocial needs. Participants rated anxiety,finances, sad feelings, sexual and intimacy concerns, and stress management as most helpful for individualcounseling; finding social support and getting information about one’s medical situation as most helpfulfor group counseling; and no topics as most helpful for family counseling. Participants rated individualcounseling as their primary choice of counseling modality, followed by group counseling, and lastlyfamily counseling. Counselors may help young adult clients by familiarizing themselves with the uniqueexperience of being diagnosed with cancer at an early age, as well as providing age-specific in-personsupport and counseling group opportunities