Multicultural/Multiracial Psychology
Mestizo Perspectives in Personality and Mental Health
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1998
296 pages
978-1-4616-2964-1 (ISBN)
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This book presents a cognitive styles framework that explores the relationship between traditionalism/modernism and cognitive styles and offers a method for multiculturalism assessment and psychotherapy that promotes the development of pluralistic perspectives and lifestyles.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-4616-2964-1 (9781461629641)
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Manuel Ramirez
Multicultural/Multiracial Psychology
Mestizo Perspectives in Personality and Mental Health
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Manuel Ramirez III, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and clinical professor of psychology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Author of Psychotherapy and Counseling with Minorities: A Cognitive Approach to Individual and Cultural Differences, Dr. Ramirez has been named Distinguished Minority Researcher by the American Educational Research Association.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- About the Author
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. A Psychology of the Americas: A Mestizo Multicultural/Multiracial Perspective
- Two Historical Traditions, Worldviews, and Perspectives in Research and Practice
- Two Philosophies of Mental Health and Personality
- 2. Cultural and Philosophical Foundations of a Mestizo Multicultural/Multiracial Psychology
- Psychology in the Cultures of the Indigenous People of North America
- Psychology in the Cultures of the Indigenous People of Central and South America and the Caribbean
- Mestizoization of Peoples and Cultures in the Americas
- Philosophical Roots of Mestizo Social Science and Mental Health
- 3. Social Science Foundations of a Multicultural/Multiracial Theory of Personality
- Early Culture-Personality Research
- Philosophical-Psychological Works
- Psychoanalytically Oriented Works
- Recent Psychological Research in Latin America
- The Call for a Mestizo Psychology
- The Bilingual/Bicultural Movement
- 4. A Multicultural/Multiracial Theory for the Social Sciences and Helping Professions
- General Description of the Theory
- Principal Assumptions of the Theory
- Stages of Identity Development in Traditional Mestizo Cultures
- Problems of Identity
- Opportunities for Multicultural Development
- 5. Research Methods and the Multicultural/Multiracial Worldview
- Methodologies and Instruments Reflecting the European Worldview
- Intelligence and People of Mixed Heritage
- European vs. Multicultural/Multiracial Worldviews in Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Research Methodologies and Instruments Inspired by a Mestizo Worldview
- Are Research and Intervention Projects Consonant with the Multicultural/Multiracial Worldview?
- 6. Coping with Diversity in the Global Community
- Natural Science vs. Phenomenological Approaches
- Diversity and the World Community
- Understanding the Psychodynamics of Multicultural/Multiracial Leaders
- Life Histories
- Leadership In Mixed Ethnic Groups
- 7. The Mestizo Worldview and Mental Health
- Holistic Views of Health and Maladjustment
- Good Relations with the Physical and Social Environments
- Health and Good Relations with the Supernatural
- Curanderos(as), Espiritistas, and Medicine Men
- Models for Understanding and Promoting Mental Health in the Americas
- A Neighborhood-Based, Culture-Responsive Model for Multicultural/Multiracial Stress
- 8. Assessing and Developing Multicultural/Multiracial Orientations to Life: A Guide for Self-Assessment and Growth
- Multicultural/Multiracial Persons as Educators. Peer Counselors. and Ambassadors
- Adult Development of Multicultural/Multiracial Orientations to life-Two Case Histories
- A Self-Assessment Guide
- Strategies for Overcoming the Barriers
- Goals for Continued Multicultural/Multiracial Educator, Peer Counselor, and Ambassador Development
- 9. Living, Working, and Relating in a Multiracial/Multicultural World
- Opportunities for Growth
- Is Multiculturalism Dangerous?
- Appendix: Multicultural/Multiracial Experience Inventory
- References
- Index
