{"title":"Model minority stereotype stress and depressive symptoms among Asian American science, technology, engineering, and mathematics students: The mediating role of rumination.","authors":"Han Na Suh","doi":"10.1037/cou0000777","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cou0000777","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The model minority stereotype (MMS) is deeply embedded within the society of the United States, including in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This has resulted in the neglect of STEM Asian American students' psychological needs by researchers and service providers while simultaneously pressuring the students to pursue unattainable goals. The aim of the present study was to explore the mechanism of how stress from the MMS might be related to depressive symptoms. Based on Hatzenbuehler's (2009) psychological mediation framework, MMS stress was hypothesized to be positively related to depressive symptoms through the mediating role of rumination. Data from 188 Asian American STEM students were analyzed using latent growth modeling. Results showed that the relationships among the MMS stress, rumination, and depressive symptoms were better explained by a linear growth framework than a no-growth model. Rumination mediated the positive association between the MMS stress and depressive symptoms in the cross-sectional context. Longitudinally, initially high levels of MMS stress hindered the decrease in the depressive symptoms overtime, and this relationship was mediated by the initial high level of rumination, indicating a significant role of rumination. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48424,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"148-157"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143053927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monyae A Kerney, Natalie Malone, Candice N Hargons
{"title":"The nonbinary god: Disaggregating spirituality and Christian religiosity among nonbinary Black womxn (NBBW).","authors":"Monyae A Kerney, Natalie Malone, Candice N Hargons","doi":"10.1037/cou0000775","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cou0000775","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined how 11 nonbinary Black womxn (NBBW) in the United States experience and distinguish between spirituality and religion using an endarkened Black feminist decolonial paradigm and an Afro-Indigenous eco-womxnist cosmological theoretic framework. Data were from Project NBBW, a community-based participatory action research project led by Black sexual and gender minority womxn community members and researchers. We conducted individual semistructured interviews and examined participant's qualitative responses to the following research inquiry: How do NBBW perceive their relationship to spirituality and religion? Participants were 11 NBBW, aged 21-30, living in the United States. Participants identified as spiritual, not religious (<i>n</i> = 5); spiritual and religious (<i>n</i> = 4); and neither spiritual nor religious (<i>n</i> = 2). Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, we coconstructed six themes across participant responses. Themes about Christian religion specifically were as follows: (a) I was raised in the Christian tradition, (b) the \"shoulds\" of a \"Black woman,\" and (c) oh, I'm going to do whatever I want because who did whatever they want? Jesus. Regarding spirituality, the themes were as follows: (a) God … you lowkey nonbinary, (b) in constant communication with both the universe and my ancestors, and (c) what would I have believed if we weren't colonized? Implications inform decolonial counseling practice and training, advocacy, and research for NBBW that untethers spirit(uality) from Christian hegemony. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48424,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"116-135"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An examination of psychology of working theory with first-generation college students from rural China.","authors":"Wei Wan, Renxiang Kuang","doi":"10.1037/cou0000776","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cou0000776","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rural first-generation college students (FGCS) face significant barriers as they transition into the world of work, yet no studies have explored their career development using psychology of working theory (PWT). The present study aimed to examine the predictor and outcome portions of PWT with a sample of FGCS from rural China. We administered online surveys to 549 participants and employed structural equation modeling to analyze the data. The results showed that economic constraints and marginalization were negatively related to future decent work perception through work volition and career adaptability, respectively. However, the direct paths from economic constraints and marginalization to future decent work perception were not significant. Moreover, future decent work perception was positively correlated with positive mental health. Based on these findings, we underscore the importance of building confidence in securing decent work among rural FGCS to improve their positive mental health. Overall, this study is the first to apply PWT to understand the work expectations and positive mental health among college students with multiple marginalized identities. Implications for future research are discussed. Vocational interventions at the individual and systemic levels are also presented. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48424,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"103-115"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143053913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Delida Sanchez, Isabella C Stoto, Cristalís Capielo Rosario, Génesis Genao, Silvia D Serrano
{"title":"Adapting the colonial mentality scale for mexican-origin emerging adults.","authors":"Delida Sanchez, Isabella C Stoto, Cristalís Capielo Rosario, Génesis Genao, Silvia D Serrano","doi":"10.1037/cou0000783","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cou0000783","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Colonial mentality is one of the most damaging effects of colonization, where colonizers are perceived as superior to the colonized people's culture, society, and heritage (David & Okazaki, 2006a). In this study, we apply a postcolonial lens to the lived experiences of 205 Mexican-origin emerging adults in the United States (72% women) to examine the psychometric properties of a revised version of the Colonial Mentality Scale (CMS-M). Exploratory factor analysis was used to examine the CMS's underlying factor structure, including additional items measuring anti-Black features. Convergent and discriminant validity analyses assessed whether the dimensions of the modified CMS were theoretically distinct in terms of the intergroup outcomes they best predicted. Mean differences for demographic factors such as gender and immigrant generation for the modified CMS scale were also examined. Finally, the association of the new CMS subscales with mental health was examined. Results of exploratory factor analysis supported a modified four-factor (30-item) version of the CMS (CMS-M), which includes new items assessing anti-Black features. Convergent validity was supported for the CMS-M, and discriminant validity was partially supported. Women endorsed more internalized cultural/ethnic inferiority than men. Projecting Cultural Shame via Discrimination and Internalized Cultural/Ethnic Inferiority were associated with poorer mental health. This research extends our theoretical understanding of colonial mentality with Mexican-origin emerging adults, which has important implications for mental health research and practice with this population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48424,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling Psychology","volume":"72 2","pages":"172-183"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexual orientation and vocational interests across 48 countries: The moderating effect of cultural tightness-looseness.","authors":"Yan Yi Lance Du, Michele J Gelfand, Fritz Drasgow","doi":"10.1037/cou0000784","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cou0000784","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vocational interests are an important factor in individuals' career choice and development. However, current understanding about the vocational interests of sexual minorities is underdeveloped. Using data from 31,348 men and 59,715 women (N = 91,063) from 48 countries who self-identified as heterosexual, gay/lesbian, bisexual, or asexual, this study used a fine-grained approach to investigating the relationship of sexual orientation to Holland's realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional interests, separately by gender. Across these countries, we also explored how the strength of social norms-that is, cultural tightness-looseness-moderates this relationship. Results indicated generally small sexual orientation differences in realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional interests within women and within men. On average, the interests of sexual minorities tend to be less gender-typical, but more investigative and artistic, than those of heterosexual people. Multilevel analyses show that cultural tightness-looseness moderated sexual orientation differences in realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional interests, such that some of these differences are smaller (larger) in tight (loose) cultures. This implies that tight cultures that have strong norms might constrain sexual minorities' vocational interests, whereas loose cultures that have weak norms offer greater latitude for them to pursue different interests. Altogether, this study advances our collective understanding of sexual minorities' vocational interests and highlights the role of the cultural context in shaping their career choices and development. Implications for counseling and career development of sexual minority clients are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48424,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling Psychology","volume":"72 2","pages":"136-147"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Edward C Chang, Chanel Meyers, Elizabeth L Jeglic, Jameson K Hirsch
{"title":"A preliminary examination of interpersonal factors and psychological pain as predictors of suicidal behaviors in multiethnoracial college students: When does being ethnoracially diverse contribute to greater suicide risk?","authors":"Edward C Chang, Chanel Meyers, Elizabeth L Jeglic, Jameson K Hirsch","doi":"10.1037/cou0000774","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cou0000774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study sought to extend past research on suicide risk factors in White students and explore whether such risk factors were comparably relevant in an underrepresented group of multiethnoracial students. Specifically, interpersonal factors (viz., burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness) and psychological pain (or \"psychache\") were examined in predicting suicidal behaviors. Results from conducting hierarchical regression analyses indicated that for both groups, independent of demographic factors (age and sex) and history of a past suicide attempt, burdensomeness, and psychological pain were found to be significant predictors of suicidal behaviors. Moreover, a significant Burdensomeness × Psychological Pain effect was found in predicting suicidal behaviors for multiethnoracial students, but not for White students. Some implications of the present findings regarding the potential added risk of suicide associated with being multiethnoracial are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48424,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"184-191"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142956715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christoph Flückiger, Caroline Kolle, Jan Schürmann-Vengels, Ralf Rummer, Mathias Allemand
{"title":"Are psychotherapists' first clinical impressions fundamentally biased? An experimental approach.","authors":"Christoph Flückiger, Caroline Kolle, Jan Schürmann-Vengels, Ralf Rummer, Mathias Allemand","doi":"10.1037/cou0000766","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cou0000766","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fifty years ago, the Rosenhan experiment was one of the most impactful psychological studies across decades. One of the main claims of the experiment was that clinicians could be negatively biased in their first clinical impressions, which would negatively impact further clinical decisions. We conducted two experiments (<i>N</i> = 56 and 64) in which psychotherapists were asked to give their first clinical impressions in two consecutive cases after a brief presentation of the case (case description and video excerpt) and a short recall task of the information provided. The attentional focus in the recall task served as an independent variable. Therapists had to adopt either a symptom-focused or a strength-focused attentional focus to recall the cases, that is, therapists rated their first case in either the symptom-focused or the strength-focused condition and the second case in the opposite condition. In both studies, therapists in the symptom-focused conditions rated patients as slightly more distressed, less resilient, and less psychosocially integrated in comparison to the strength-focused conditions. However, even statistically significant, these effects were rather small to clinically negligible. Our preliminary results suggest that the first clinical impressions of contemporary psychotherapists are vulnerable in both experiments to be slightly, but not as dramatically, distorted as the Rosenhan experiment would suggest at the time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48424,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"45-55"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142717464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jan Schürmann-Vengels, Jan Pirke, Stefan J Troche, Stephanie L Budge, Christoph Flückiger, Ulrike Willutzki
{"title":"Dual-continual examination and differential prediction of well-being and distress in LGBTQIA+ populations.","authors":"Jan Schürmann-Vengels, Jan Pirke, Stefan J Troche, Stephanie L Budge, Christoph Flückiger, Ulrike Willutzki","doi":"10.1037/cou0000769","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cou0000769","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although studies on the dual-continua model have demonstrated that distress and well-being are two separate but interrelated factors of mental health, only limited research exists regarding these concepts for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual+ (LGBTQIA+) individuals. The present study aimed to investigate the factor structure of mental health in the LGBTQIA+ community. The second aim was to investigate whether different correlates are relevant for the prediction of well-being and psychological distress in LGBTQIA+ individuals when these mental health outcomes are considered separately. LGBTQIA+ individuals from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland were recruited via collaborating organizations and social media to participate in a cross-sectional survey. Participants (<i>n</i> = 1,686, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 27.74) completed self-report measures of well-being and psychological distress. Included correlates were self-esteem, social support, resilience, and various minority stress factors. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and latent regression analyses. A very strong correlation at the latent level (<i>r</i> = -.82) suggested that well-being and psychological distress refer to opposite poles of mental health in the LGBTQIA+ sample. Different minority stress factors were relevant for the prediction of well-being and distress when these factors were disentangled. The present study highlights the close inverse relation between well-being and distress in LGBTQIA+ individuals. Several correlates were found that could inform tailored counseling for LGBTQIA+ community members, irrespective of whether the focus is on positive or negative aspects of mental health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48424,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"92-102"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142819759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using latent transition analysis to explore changes in decent work across time.","authors":"Junsang Park, Haram J Kim, Ryan D Duffy","doi":"10.1037/cou0000773","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cou0000773","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explored longitudinal trajectories of decent work profiles guided by core propositions from psychology of working theory. Data were collected from 419 working adults in the United States at three time points over a 6-month period. We examined decent work trajectories using latent transition analysis considering two key covariates (work volition and career adaptability) and while accounting for other variables such as ethnicity, education, and income level. The analysis identified five latent decent work profiles: <i>only safety, low health care, indecent work, average,</i> and <i>decent work</i>. Notably, the <i>indecent</i> and <i>decent work</i> profiles were the most stable, while the <i>only safety</i> and <i>low health care</i> profiles were more likely to change with time. The influence of work volition and career adaptability on transition probabilities was found to partially align with the hypotheses of psychology of working theory. Findings indicated that, within psychology of working theory, these psychological mediators may operate through varied mechanisms to influence both the attainment and maintenance of decent work across time. Implications for future research, practical applications, and theoretical developments are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48424,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"80-91"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142830330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuha Alshabani, James K Haws, Caron Zlotnick, Dawn M Johnson
{"title":"PTSD symptom networks during treatment among residents in domestic violence shelters.","authors":"Nuha Alshabani, James K Haws, Caron Zlotnick, Dawn M Johnson","doi":"10.1037/cou0000771","DOIUrl":"10.1037/cou0000771","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Little is known about how the interrelationships among posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms change throughout the treatment. We examined changes in PTSD symptoms among women who experienced intimate partner violence and received one of two evidence-based interventions. We conducted a secondary analysis of a completed randomized, double-blind clinical trial, which demonstrated efficacy in reducing PTSD symptoms. We used cross-lagged panel network analysis to identify the influential PTSD symptoms among women who had completed either the Helping to Overcome PTSD through Empowerment or an adapted version of person-centered therapy. We examined if a symptom's <i>expected influence,</i> a metric of interconnectedness, would predict overall PTSD symptom reductions at baseline, postshelter, posttreatment, and 6- and 12-months posttreatment. Women who showed more significant decreases in feeling upset and avoidance also demonstrated greater decreases in their overall PTSD symptoms at postshelter, posttreatment, and 6 and 12 months posttreatment. Findings indicate that changes in symptoms with high centrality result in larger PTSD network changes observed at both adjacent and future time points. Identifying and targeting symptoms with influential associations produce therapeutic cascades, resulting in symptom reductions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48424,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11995715/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142830327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}