Middle Eastern International Students' Perceptions of Individual Mental Health Counseling Services on Their Respective College Campuses in the United States

Autor/in	Manshadi, Fatemeh Dehghan
Titel	Middle Eastern International Students' Perceptions of Individual Mental Health Counseling Services on Their Respective College Campuses in the United States
Quelle	(2023), (296 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Kent State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-3776-5129-1
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Student Attitudes; Mental Health; Counseling; Services; Foreign Students; Phenomenology; COVID-19; Pandemics; Cultural Differences; Social Bias; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Trust (Psychology); Misconceptions; Health Services; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; College Students; Videoconferencing; Middle East; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Schülerverhalten; Psychohygiene; Counselling; Beratung; Dienstleistung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Kultureller Unterschied; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Missverständnis; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Ausland; Collegestudent; Vorderasien; USA
Abstract	The purpose of conducting this qualitative research was to investigate Middle Eastern international students? perceptions of individual mental health counseling services at their colleges/universities in the U.S. An Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA) developed by Smith et al. (2009) was used to analyze the data. Six participants (three females and three males) participated in two individual interviews. Both interviews were conducted during the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Therefore, interviews were conducted via Microsoft Teams rather than in a face-to-face format to keep participants and the researcher safe. Two superordinate themes and five subthemes emerged from analyzing the data. The first superordinate theme was "Mental Health Counseling Services are Unsafe to a Point." The three subthemes that emerged within the first superordinate theme were "influence of cultural stigma," "misinformation surrounding mental health counseling services," and "mistrust related to English as a second language." The second superordinate theme was "College Mental Health Counseling is Progressively Effective and Supportive." The subthemes that developed within the second superordinate theme were "shifting generational perceptions of mental health counseling services" and "personal experiences with professional counselors." [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01