A Qualitative Study of Family Therapy Utilization Barriers for Chinese Americans

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dc.contributor.authorSan, Samuel Cheng-Yengen
dc.contributor.committeechairWittenborn, Andrea K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLiu, Tingen
dc.contributor.committeememberFalconier, Mariana K.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:35:22Zen
dc.date.adate2010-06-09en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:35:22Zen
dc.date.issued2010-04-28en
dc.date.rdate2010-06-09en
dc.date.sdate2010-05-06en
dc.description.abstractAlthough there is abundant research on the underutilization of mental health services by Asian Americans, there is limited research on the utilization patterns of family counseling services by the Chinese American population. Moreover, there is even less research that examined the perception of Chinese Americans toward family counseling and how that perception affects their utilization of family counseling services. With the intention to explore Chinese Americans' sentiments toward the field of family counseling, this qualitative study investigated what knowledge they had about the profession and how they would feel about seeking counseling services for their relationship problems. Using the guiding theoretical framework of phenomenology, in-depth interviews were conducted with eight individuals and were coded for themes. Findings indicated that Chinese Americans had a need for family counseling but cultural inhibitions about seeking counseling services and concerns such as financial burden and lack of convincing results served as utilization barriers. Implications for clinical practice, including barrier-removal ideas, and suggestions for future research are included.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05062010-231800en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05062010-231800/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32278en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.relation.haspartSan_SC_T_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectbarrier removalen
dc.subjectfamily counselingen
dc.subjectfamily therapyen
dc.subjectutilization barrieren
dc.subjectChinese Americansen
dc.titleA Qualitative Study of Family Therapy Utilization Barriers for Chinese Americansen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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