Effects of Counseling on Weight Loss and Exercise Self-Efficacy in
Mexican American Women Sylvia H Crixell, Eric A Schmidt, Lisa
K Lloyd
Abstract
This study assessed whether
the addition of supportive group counseling to a culturally-relevant
weight loss program improved weight, fitness, and exercise self-efficacy
of lower socioeconomic Mexican American women. Volunteers were
randomized to an exercise and education (EE), or an exercise, education
plus supportive counseling group (EESC). For 8 weeks, all participants
were offered five exercise classes and one nutrition class/week, and
EESC was also offered one group counseling session/week. Controls were
wait-listed (CON). Results suggest that the 8-week weight loss program
resulted in weight loss, and that adding supportive group counseling
also decreased waist circumference and increased exercise self-efficacy.
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Asian Values Adherence and Psychological Help-Seeking Attitudes of
Filipino Americans
Jon Baello and Lisa Mori
Abstract
Filipino Americans
underutilize psychotherapeutic services compared to the general
population
of the United States. This
study investigated the relationship of Asian values on psychological
help-seeking attitudes in an online sample of Filipino Americans. Based
on data from 162 Filipino participants (104 women, 58 men), results
indicated that individuals who endorsed greater affiliation with Asian
values (e.g., higher enculturation) were more likely to endorse negative
attitudes toward psychotherapy. Given the findings, how Filipino
Americans may view the psychotherapy process and potential outreach
programs that could be devised to facilitate psychological help-seeking
within this specific Asian American population are discussed.
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This paper examines the predictors of attitude toward wife battery among
Nigerian men using the most recent Nigeria Demographic and Health
Survey. Results show that religious affiliation, number of unions, type
of earnings for work (P<0.05); literacy and frequency of watching
television (P<0.01) were significant predictors of holding on to mixed
views about wife battering, while wealth index, type of earnings for
work and portion of household expenditures respondents’ earnings pay
significantly predict that Nigerian men will hold on to traditional
ideas (P<0.01). The paper concludes that men with low socioeconomic
status are more likely to hold on to traditional views about the
acceptability of wife battering in Nigeria.
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