International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

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Incorporating Comprehensive Counselling and Guidance Models into School Curricula in Sub-Saharan Africa

John M. Kiweewa, Brandon A. Knettel, Melissa M. Luke

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling > 2018 > 40 > 2 > 133-147

There is an increasing body of evidence demonstrating the psychological and social challenges that afflict school-age children in sub-Saharan Africa. In spite of widespread calls to provide counselling and guidance services in schools, efforts at expanding these services remain fragmented and under-resourced. Grounded in both empirical and theoretical literature, this article calls for integration...

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Getting Comfortable with Discomfort: Preparing Counselor Trainees to Broach Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Factors with Clients during Counseling

Norma L. Day-Vines, Beverly Booker Ammah, Sam Steen, Kristy M. Arnold

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling > 2018 > 40 > 2 > 89-104

Counselors’ considerations of racial and cultural factors in the lives and experiences of clients enhances counseling outcomes. Acknowledgement of cultural factors enhances counselor credibility, client satisfaction, and the depth of client disclosure. This article opens with an overview of the Continuum of Broaching Behavior (Day-Vines et al. 2007), continues with a case illustration that enumerates...

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Cross-Cultural Validation of Four Positive Psychology Assessments for Use with a Ghanaian Population

A. Stephen Lenz, Joshua C. Watson, Ye Luo, Caroline Norris, more

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling > 2018 > 40 > 2 > 148-161

This study reports the evaluation of four positive psychology assessments for use in clinical, education, and research settings with individuals in Ghana, Africa. The analyses attempted to identify validity evidence for internal structure and relationships with related variables for the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SLS; Diener et al. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49, 71–75, 1985), General Mattering...

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Efficacy of a Preventive Counseling Program for Improving Psychological Hardiness and the Positive Use of Social Network Sites among Students at Risk

Abdallah Salem Farhan Almahaireh, Anas Saleh Rabi Aldalaeen, Suhib Khaled Ahmad Takhaineh

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling > 2018 > 40 > 2 > 173-186

The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a preventive counseling program for improving psychological hardiness (PsyH) and the positive use of social network sites (SNSs). The sample consisted of 30 students from Mu’tah University in Jordan who were randomly assigned into either an experimental group (15) or a control group (15). Two constructed scales - the PsyH scale and the Positive...

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Students with Disabilities: Practical Information for School Counselors in Turkey

Elif Cimsir, Brandon Hunt

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling > 2018 > 40 > 2 > 122-132

In Turkey, there is a lack of literature that is focused on providing school counselors working in mainstream schools with practical information about working with students with disabilities, despite the research indicating a need in this regard. This article was thus written with the aim of helping school counselors in Turkey better assist students with disabilities by providing them with current...

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The Relationship between Awareness of Racism and Privilege Awareness among Southern European University Students

Courtland C. Lee, Elina Zalkalne

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling > 2018 > 40 > 2 > 187-192

As immigrants enter a new country, their arrival generally results in demographic shifts that may challenge the perceptions of native-born members of the resident population. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between awareness of racism and privilege awareness in native-born students at a university located in a Southern European country experiencing an influx of immigrants...

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An Introduction to Proposed Human Sexuality Counseling Competencies

Robert J. Zeglin, Dorothy Dam, Kenneth C. Hergenrather

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling > 2018 > 40 > 2 > 105-121

The presentation of human sexuality information within counselor education programs seems inconsistent, leaving counselors typically underprepared to handle the sexuality-related components of many clients’ distress. Addressing this gap, the present article, using guidance from the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), proposes 10 human sexuality counseling...

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Foreign Language Anxiety among Counseling Students Speaking English as a Second Language: A Rationale for Future Research

Dogukan Ulupinar

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling > 2018 > 40 > 2 > 162-172

Research on foreign language anxiety has focused primarily on students in language training programs. The lack of attention to foreign language anxiety among counseling students speaking English as a second language has led to supervision issues among this growing student population in counseling programs. This article identifies areas such as self-efficacy and microskills that are affected by foreign...

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IMMIGRATION (1)
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION (1)
INTERNATIONAL COUNSELLING (1)
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LIFE SATISFACTION (1)
MATTERING (1)
MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING (1)
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PRIVILEGE AWARENESS (1)
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