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Research investigating the problems experienced and the advantages enjoyed by the minority-culture child in the North American schoolroom has focused both on changing the child and on changing the school environment. Little attention has been paid to the more basic question of differences in subjective aspects of culture across ethnic grouping and generation of residence in Canada. In addition, little appears to be known about the variability in subjective culture across levels of variables like gender, ethnic salience, or use of mother tongue. The research reported in this dissertation is a basic study of subjective aspects of the concept of "person", a concept important in virtually every society and, in addition, central to Western educational thought. The study itself was an investigation of the views of 1288 Grade 10 students in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Each subject ranked the importance of each of 21 positive qualities of a person, and listed up to three criteria for concluding that a person has each of 11 of those qualities. Substantive hypotheses about differences in students' rankings across ethnic groups and generation of residence in Canada were confirmed. The results suggested both persistence and change in views of personal qualities, which were dissimilar across ethnic groupings. Exploratory analyses revealed provocative information about the moderating relationships of strength of religious feeling, gender and a complex of variables related to ethnicity including ethnic salience, mother tongue, religious affiliation and occupational information. Examination of the students' criteria yielded useful information about the behaviors and traits related to each of the 11 qualities, and about ages and genders of people thought to have a great deal of each quality. It was concluded that the overall results may further development of theory in the area. In practical terms, they may help to guide the classroom teacher, may stimulate the development of policy and practice in the multicultural educational setting, and may be useful for curriculum development and teacher education in the Canadian context. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate

Nigerians are an integral part of the nursing profession, yet there is no literature on their common health risks, such as homesickness, isolation and suicide ideation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between lack of acculturation, social support, and self-esteem and mental health among Nigerian nursing students. Berry's model of acculturation was used which identifies individuals perception of self in relation to their ethnic culture and the host culture. A sample of 76 Nigerian nursing students enrolled in Baccalaureate nursing programs from 3 universities in the District of Columbia and Maryland participated in the study. Data were obtained using an online survey of 69 items assessing their acculturation, social support, self-esteem and their mental health. A descriptive cross sectional design was used. Analysis of the data included descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, multiple regression, and ANOVA. The final regression model revealed that acculturation, companionship construct of social support and self-esteem are predictors of mental health status as shown by the adjusted R squared (R2 = 0.638). Recommendations are for universities to commit to increasing acculturation, social support, and self-esteem among foreign students in an effort to decrease isolation and improve their mental health. It is also recommended that future studies should be conducted on social isolation of subcultures to improve acculturation and reduce incidence of low self-esteem among foreign students within the American society. The strategies would create positive social change for healthcare organizations and nurse educators, resulting in an increase of ethnic diverse nurses and reducing the shortage of nurses in the USA.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Vita. Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

In Denmark, the public discourse says that "proper" integration entails the foreigner gaining a fundamental understanding of Danish history, language and culture. I argue that this narrative is at odds with the desire on the part of some foreigners to preserve their cultural identity while still achieving socio-economic assimilation. I also argue that the integration narrative represents a strong desire among many native Danes to hold on to fixed and traditional notions of what constitutes Danish identity. This desire also creates an invisible (but ever-present) barrier that holds many ethnics on the fringes of Danish society. Demark is in the midst of what Cem Özdemir (2008) aptly described as an "integration challenge," where these nations have a severe barrier preventing full integration of ethnic populations—an inability (or perhaps resistance) to view the immigrant or foreign national as a potential citizen with equal rights, protections and duties. The default position of the Danish government and the majority of its native population has been to define the immigrant or foreign national by his or her country or origin, color or religion and to construct Danish identity in opposition to the characteristics of "the other."

History abounds with cases indicating the difficult period societies have gone through after gaining independence from external, and/or internal group domination. During the transition to independence, and after independence the future for most countries remains unstable and uncertain. Some countries eventually attain stability, then move into gradual economic growth, and finally shift to desired democracies. However, this stage is reached after a protracted period of political and economic strife, and also after several setbacks. This study seeks to determine if the differences created and accentuated by forty years of apartheid rule will continue, and be problematic in post-apartheid South Africa. Data for the study were collected from historically disadvantaged South Africans (DSA) using survey questionnaires. The following are some of the findings. Responses on political ideologies were diverse and widely varied, thus indicating an area of potential conflict. An overwhelming majority of the respondents, however, supported the notion of a person, one vote, in a unitary state. Also the majority of the respondents preferred a mixed economy. The majority of the respondents disagreed that blacks will seek to avenge themselves for past unfair practises, however they agreed that if conditions do not improve at a satisfactory pace, whites would be targets of hostility. Another finding of the study was the existence and presence of social and political distance between the various black race groups. Also, whilst there was general agreement on the role of the scarcity of jobs in stimulating conflict, there were significant differences of opinion on the role of ethnic affiliations. Implications of these findings for a future South Africa are discussed later in the dissertation.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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<p>Denna systematiska litteraturstudie var inriktad på att studera ätstörningar ur ett kulturellt perspektiv. Syftet var att kartlägga forskningsläget kring hur ätstörningar betraktas i olika kulturella kontexter. Studien har gjorts genom att systematiskt söka vetenskapliga artiklar och forskning. Detta har sedan sammanställts och diskuterats utifrån det givna syftet. Resultaten var motsägelsefulla detta mycket på grund av problematiken kring begreppet kultur som anses skapa ett ”vi” och ”dem” synsätt. Diagnostiseringskriterier som har använts ansågs som otillräckliga vid ätstörningar. Västvärldens skönhetsideal och kultur har beskrivits som den påverkande variabeln som också gjort att den övriga världen även drabbats av ätstörningar men denna studie har visat på att det fanns många fler faktorer som spelar in. Minoritetsgrupper som inte assimilerats till majoritetskulturen har även visat på högre utveckling av ätstörningar. Det som framkommit var att det behövs mer forskning på området och en större förståelse för den kulturella aspekten i forskning samt i det praktiska arbetet vid behandling.</p>

Denna systematiska litteraturstudie var inriktad på att studera ätstörningar ur ett kulturellt perspektiv. Syftet var att kartlägga forskningsläget kring hur ätstörningar betraktas i olika kulturella kontexter. Studien har gjorts genom att systematiskt söka vetenskapliga artiklar och forskning. Detta har sedan sammanställts och diskuterats utifrån det givna syftet. Resultaten var motsägelsefulla detta mycket på grund av problematiken kring begreppet kultur som anses skapa ett ”vi” och ”dem” synsätt. Diagnostiseringskriterier som har använts ansågs som otillräckliga vid ätstörningar. Västvärldens skönhetsideal och kultur har beskrivits som den påverkande variabeln som också gjort att den övriga världen även drabbats av ätstörningar men denna studie har visat på att det fanns många fler faktorer som spelar in. Minoritetsgrupper som inte assimilerats till majoritetskulturen har även visat på högre utveckling av ätstörningar. Det som framkommit var att det behövs mer forskning på området och en större förståelse för den kulturella aspekten i forskning samt i det praktiska arbetet vid behandling.