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Table of Contents

CHAPTER # 4: FINDINGS2

Introduction2

African Americans Perceptions of Psychotherapy2

Cultural Barriers and Africentrism4

Stigma6

Grounded Theory8

Data analysis10

Results12

Identification of concepts12

Amalgamation of notions into categories13

First category: Parallels between article and own situation14

Second category: Progressive development of story15

Third category: Response to process16

Fourth category: Comparisons between first and second stories18

Fifth category: Aesthetic distancing19

Axial coding  and the centered category20

CHAPTER # 5: DISCUSSION27

The 6-Part Story Method28

Possible values of fictional storymaking in therapy34

Use of the 6PSM with borderline respondents38

Limitations of the study39

Future Research39

Implications40

Conclusion40

REFERENCES42

Chapter # 4: Findings

Introduction

The reason of this section is to present the participants' demographics and the outcomes from the statistical analyses. The section will address each study inquiry, the outcomes of the outcome and the corresponding tables. Testing was undertaken to work out if there was a connection between expert psychological help-seeking mind-set, Africentrism and communal stigma.

 

African Americans Perceptions of Psychotherapy Historically, African Americans have held less than favorable mind-set toward   psychotherapy (Ridley, 1984; Sue & Sue, 2003; Thompson et al, 2004), finding psychological and emotional discussion and respite amidst family, associates and inside the place of adoration (Thompson et al., 2004; Wallace & Constantine, 2005). However, study has not illustrated a completely unfavorable mind-set in the direction of psychotherapy by African Americans. African Americans have been recognised as a assembly that inconsistently values mental wellbeing services (Sue & Sue, 2003).

Thompson et al (2004) documented the over usage of inpatient services by African Americans. In numerous positions, African Americans are mentioned through the lawful scheme and are identified with paranoid schizophrenia at an outbreak rate (Whaley, 2004).  Atkinson, Morten, and Sue (1998) documented under usage in outpatient settings. Two variables which expressly assisted to under usage of psychotherapeutic services were heritage mistrust and therapist characteristics. African Americans, in specific, dreaded that European American therapists could not realise their viewpoints (Atkinson et at., 1998; Thompson et al., 2004). They furthermore dreaded that they would be misdiagnosed. Also, African American men were worried about the rush of the therapist, expressing a powerful yearn to have an African American therapist to who they could concern (Thompson et al., 2004) In numerous examples, African Americans have utilized plea as a entails to contend with everything from slavery to present day life trials, encompassing mental wellbeing matters (El-Khoury, Dutton, Goodman, Engel, Belamaric, & Murphy, 2004; Thompson et al, 2004). This heritage applicable remedy in the African American community is particularly apparent with older African Americans whose utilization of plea is paramount in survival of life challenges. Many of the participants in the Thompson et al (2004) study revealed ...