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Title: Chinese American Parental Attitudes Toward Seeking Help for Children's Emotional/Behavioral Problems in School (Report)
Author : North American Journal of Psychology
Release Date : January 01, 2009
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 252 KB

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There are almost 1.5 million Asian American children currently in elementary and middle school and another 720,000 attending high school in the United States (US Census, 2005). In spite of the myth of the model minority, large numbers of Chinese American children are exhibiting behavioral and emotional problems including anxiety and depression, learning disabilities, conduct disorders, gang involvement, drug and alcohol abuse and even suicide (Chung, 2000; Gee, 2004; Lee & Zhan, 1998; Qin, Way, & Mukherjee, 2008). Yet, mental health service utilization for children exhibiting psychological problems is generally poor (Power, Eiraldi, Clarke Mazzuca, & Krain, 2005) and underutilization of mental health services for Chinese Americans and other ethnic minority groups is particularly severe (Cause et. al., 2002; Nguyen et. al., 2004; Yeh, McCabe, Hough, Dupuis, & Hazen, 2003). Parents' act as gatekeepers whose consent, support and participation are often necessary for the child to receive treatment (Arcia & Fernandez, 1998; Logan & King, 2001; Wu et.al., 1999); however, there are a myriad of barriers to ethnic minority parents,' including Chinese American parents, seeking professional help for their children's psychological problems (Cauce, et. al., 2002; Eiraldi, Mazzucas, Clarke, & Power, 2006; Roberts, Alegria, Roberts, & Chen, 2005; Yeh et. al., 2005). School is often the first place where children's behavior problems gain attention and school-based referrals for behavioral/emotional problems manifesting in school are often the primary motivation for parents to obtain professional help for their children's emotional/behavioral difficulties (Arcia, Fernandez, Jaquez, Castillo, & Ruiz, 2004; Eiraldi, Mazzucas, Clarke, & Power, 2006; Green, Clopton & Pope, 1996; Wu et. al., 1999). Referrals initiated by the school can potentially serve as a highly significant factor in promoting help-seeking among Chinese American parents. Given the salience of school-based referrals as an initiator of the help seeking process for many children, it is important to ascertain to what extent Chinese American parents are willing to accept school-based referrals for psychological services for their children. Yet, after an exhaustive search of the literature this researcher was unable to locate any current published studies specifically addressing this topic.

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