Nassar-McMillan, Sylvia C.
Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans
1. Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans: An Introduction
Sylvia C. Nassar-McMillan, Kristine J. Ajrouch, Julie Hakim-Larson
Part I. Arab American Culture
2. The Sociopolitical History of Arabs in the United States: Assimilation, Ethnicity, and Global Citizenship
Dalia Abdelhady
3. Intra-Ethnic Diversity and Religion
Helen Hatab Samhan
4. Family Values and Traditions
Ben K. Beitin, Mireille Aprahamian
5. Arab Americans and Gender
Louise Cainkar, Jen’nan Ghazal Read
6. Arab Americans and the Aging Process
Sawsan Abdulrahim, Kristine J. Ajrouch
7. Using Convoys of Social Relations to Understand Culture and Forgiveness from an Arab American Perspective
Kristine J. Ajrouch, Toni C. Antonucci
Part II. The Psychosocial Development of Arab Americans
8. Arab American Acculturation and Ethnic Identity Across the Lifespan: Sociodemographic Correlates and Psychological Outcomes
Mona M. Amer
9. Arab Refugees: Trauma, Resilience, and Recovery
Ibrahim Aref Kira, Mona M. Amer, Nancy Howells Wrobel
10. Mental Health Risks in Arab Americans Across the Lifespan
Nancy Howells Wrobel, Ashley Paterson
11. Education and Employment Among Arab Americans: Pathways to Individual Identity and Community Resilience
Karen L. Haboush, Nicole Barakat
12. Promoting Environmental Health in the Arab American Community
Hikmet J. Jamil
Part III. Health and Disease: Risks and Resilience
13. Substance Abuse
Adnan Hammad, Cynthia L. Arfken, Virginia Hill Rice, Manal Said
14. Diabetes Mellitus Among Arab Americans
Linda A. Jaber, Abdul Salam Al-Kassab, Florence J. Dallo
15. Maternal and Child Health
Florence J. Dallo, Carolyn Archer, Dawn P. Misra
16. Cancer: Cross-Roads of Ethnicity and Environment
Kendra Schwartz, Kiumarss Nasseri, Emad Shehada
17. Health Disparities and Advocacy Chapter
Adnan Hammad, Manal Said, Cynthia L. Arfken
18. Health and Well-Being in Arab Americans: Prevention Strategies Using a Biopsychosocial Approach
Julie Hakim-Larson, Sylvia C. Nassar-McMillan, Kristine J. Ajrouch
Keywords: Psychology, Cross Cultural Psychology, Health Psychology, Medicine/Public Health, general
- Author(s)
- Nassar-McMillan, Sylvia C.
- Ajrouch, Kristine J.
- Hakim-Larson, Julie
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2014
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 2014
- Page amount
- 26 pages
- Category
- Psychology
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781461482383