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    The Role of Acculturation, Ethnic Identity, and Religious Fatalism on Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help Among Coptic Americans.

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    2012-07-16
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    Boulos, Sallie Ann
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    The purpose of this current study was to determine the role of acculturation, ethnic identity, and religious fatalism regarding attitudes towards seeking psychological help among Coptic (Egyptian Christian) Americans. In addition, differences between groups of gender and generational status, first-generation adult immigrants versus U.S.-born second-generation Copts, were analyzed. The study had a total sample of 91 individuals that self-identified as Coptic by race and/or Coptic Orthodox by religion, who voluntarily completed an anonymous online questionnaire. Results indicate that ethnic identity and acculturation are strong predictors of religious fatalistic beliefs, and those who identified as having more Arab ethnic identity and less assimilation to dominate culture have stronger religious fatalistic beliefs than those who identified with more western culture and an American ethnic identity. However, religious fatalism and ethnic identity were not significant predictors of attitudes towards seeking psychological help, and other variables such as stigma, language barriers, and skepticism of western psychology may be better predictors of attitudes towards seeking psychological help. Between groups comparisons identified subtle differences between males and females, and between first and second-generation Coptic Americans on acculturation, ethnic identity, and religious fatalism, but the groups were not statistically significant from one another. Clinical implications and directions for future research will also be discussed.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9426
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    Coptic
    Coptic Orthodox
    Middle-East
    Middle-Eastern
    Gender
    Acculturation
    Ethnic Identity
    Arab, Christian
    Religious Fatalism
    Attitudes towards seeking psychological help
    Orthodox
    Egyptian
    Health Disparities
    Health Seeking Behavior
    Determinism
    Locus of Control
    Religious Beliefs
    Structural Equation Modeling
    Multigroup Analysis
    First-generation
    Second Generation
    Immigration.
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    Boulos, Sallie Ann (2011). The Role of Acculturation, Ethnic Identity, and Religious Fatalism on Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help Among Coptic Americans.. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -2011 -05 -9426.

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