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Cultural definitions of emotional problems
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Cultural definitions of emotional problems
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impact on problem experience, care seeking, sources of care, and satisfaction with care among Latino community members living in the United States
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Rasmussen
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Frederick O.
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1938-
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Frederick Rasmussen
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Horwitz
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Allan V
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Karen A
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Karen A Cerulo
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internal member
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Hansell
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Stephen
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Stephen Hansell
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Guarnaccia
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Peter J
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Peter J Guarnaccia
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2011
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2011-05
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eng
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The research described in this dissertation explores the impact of cultural definitions of mental health/illness on care-seeking behavior among members of a Latino community living in the United States. Secondary data analysis utilizes survey data from prior research focusing on mental health service needs among Latino community members. The current research is conceptually situated at the juncture of several topics of current interest within sociology. The social construction of mental illness and cultural influences on that construction has gained importance as current topics within the broader sociological rubric of culture and cognition. The research also addresses challenges confronting mental health service providers created by a rapidly growing and increasingly diverse American population requiring appropriate cross-cultural approaches to meet their mental health service needs. Qualitative data presented in this dissertation illuminate several key concerns regarding the Latino community and community members’ recognition of, and reaction to, symptoms of mental disorder. These results underscore how Latino community members conceptualize emotional/mental problems in ways that differ from members of the majority Non-Latino White population living in the U.S. Quantitative analyses of the impact of demographic variables on Latino community members’ reports of alternative beliefs about the causes of emotional/mental problems show that three of the variables (age, education, and time living in U.S.) are significant predictors of subjects’ alternative explanations for the cause of emotional/mental problems. Analyses of the impact of Latino community members’ causal definition of emotional/mental problems also show significant relationships between the definition and Latino community members’ perceptions and behaviors related to mental disorder. I discuss the ‘Latino Paradox’ and propose an alternative explanation based on community members’ shared cultural constructs regarding mental health and illness for the apparently lower rate of mental disorder among recently arrived Latino immigrants. I offer recommendations suggested by my research findings that relate to mental health services for Latino community members, and for additional research topics.
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Sociology
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Hispanic Americans--Mental health
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Hispanic Americans—Mental health services
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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xv, 271 p. : ill., map
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Ph.D.
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by Frederick O. Rasmussen
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Psychoanalysis and culture--United States
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ETD doctoral
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Frederick
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2011-03-26 11:57:51
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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