Papers by Suzanne Degges-White
Welcome From the Editor
Adultspan Journal, Apr 1, 2018
The Multidimensional Nature of Asexual Identities: An Exploration of Wellness, Social Support, and Experiences of Microaggressions
Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling, May 1, 2023
Expressive arts in schools: Visual and performing arts and sandtray interventions to promote self-discovery
American Psychological Association eBooks, 2020
Culturally Diverse Men
Career Counseling Interventions, 2016
Social Involvement: Helping Students Find Their Place in Campus Life
College Student Mental Health Counseling, 2013
Counseling College Students About Sexuality and Sexual Activity
Integrating the Expressive Arts Into Counseling Practice: Theory-Based Interventions
... Medicine/Strength Shields 209 Keith M. Davis Music-Inspired Poetic Sharing 212 Keith M. Davis... more ... Medicine/Strength Shields 209 Keith M. Davis Music-Inspired Poetic Sharing 212 Keith M. Davis Naming and Claiming the Body 214 Lauren E. Atkins The Box of the Self 216 Sally S. Atkins Page 15. Contents xiii 12. Clinical Supervision 219 Montserrat Casado-Kehoe and Kathy ...
Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2022
The predictive power of self-efficacy beliefs of children aged 4 to 10 was investigated using com... more The predictive power of self-efficacy beliefs of children aged 4 to 10 was investigated using common schoolyard activities. Participants were 24 elementary school-aged children and 4 pre-kindergarten-aged children. Age-appropriate tasks included the standing broad jump for both groups, a targeted ball kick for the older group and basketball dribbling for the younger group. Results indicated that until around the fifth birthday, the age at which most children begin formal education, the ability to predict performance was not reliable. The school-aged children were more accurate in their predictions and, as a group, illustrated the role of peer support and selfconfidence in developing self-efficacy.
Stay-At-Home Mothers Returning to Work
Career Counseling Interventions, 2016
Counseling Concerns Over the College Academic Year
College Student Mental Health Counseling, 2013
Expressive Arts Interventions for School Counselors
Co-Parenting Factors that Lead to Academic Success
European scientific journal, 2015
Middle and Older Adulthood
Welcome
Adultspan Journal, 2020
Welcome
Adultspan Journal, 2019
Wellness Among Undergraduate Students on Academic Probation: Implications for College Counselors
Journal of College Counseling, 2015
This study examined levels of wellness among 403 undergraduate students on academic probation. To... more This study examined levels of wellness among 403 undergraduate students on academic probation. Total wellness, 5 secondary categories of wellness, and 17 third-level categories of wellness are reported within this article. In addition, this study offers norm-group comparisons and demographic influences of wellness in regard to undergraduate students on academic probation. The results indicate that individuals on academic probation achieved higher levels of wellness in several areas of wellness than did the norm-group population. Keywords: wellness, academic issues, college counseling ********** Over the past 2 decades, health officials have encouraged healthy behaviors among U.S. citizens (Gieck & Olsen, 2007), a priority shared by college campuses nationwide (LaFountaine, Neisen, & Parsons, 2006). Although numerous authors have stressed the need for campus wellness programs, few studies exist that examine student wellness (Myers & Mobley, 2004). In addition, studies that have examined wellness among college students either have limited their scope of investigation to specific academic difficulties that students face (Isaak, Graves, & Mayers, 2006) or have simply compared wellness differences among traditional and nontraditional students (Myers & Mobley, 2004). Furthermore, and most relevant to the current study, no literature pertaining to the wellness of college students in academic jeopardy currently exists. Considering that students in academic peril make up a large percentage of the college student body, this lack of research is surprising. A study by Tovar and Simon (2006) found that up to 35% of first-time freshmen were on academic probation after their first semester at a large, urban, public community college. Furthermore, the proportion of freshmen in academic jeopardy after their first semester may be on the rise. Specifically, Kamphoff, Hutson, Amundsen, and Atwood (2007) pointed out that "the door to college is open for increasing numbers of students for whom adapting to college may be a great challenge" (p. 397). Thus, to prevent and remediate academic difficulties, college counselors should discuss the adaptation factors of wellness and their effect on academic success with students. Also needed are studies that examine the relationship between wellness and poor academic performance. Although these specific needs (e.g., the need for research in relation to the adjustment factors of wellness seen with first-time college students and the factors' relationship with academic success) demonstrate gaps in the counseling literature, previous studies have identified numerous factors that lead to an increased likelihood that students will either end up on academic probation or prematurely terminate enrollment in college (Isaak et ah, 2006; Smith & Winterbottom, 1970). Along these lines, Smith and Winterbottom (1970) found that less intrinsic motivation, poor academic preparation and adjustment, difficulties adjusting to college life, and unrealistic expectations are all common factors among students on academic probation. Furthermore, students on academic probation were shown to have lower social skills (Coleman & Freedman, 1996), weaker social networks (Maxwell, 1979), less definite goals (Olson, 1990), and more financial difficulties (Dunwoody & Frank, 1995) and to be less trusting, less ethical, and more anxious (Call, Hendricks, & Jones, 1990) than students in good standing. Thus, identifying wellness factors related to previously identified issues contributing to academic difficulties may provide a more complete understanding of the underlying determinants affecting college students who are struggling academically. Although identifying personality characteristics and common difficulties among students on probation is an excellent starting point, a more holistic view of personal factors must be understood before effective interventions can be developed. …
Book Review: Sexual Minorities: Discrimination, Challenges, and Development in America
The Family Journal, 2006
Divorce and Family Mediation represents a comprehensive text for practitioners and educators in t... more Divorce and Family Mediation represents a comprehensive text for practitioners and educators in the fields of divorce and family mediation. The text is written to clarify theory, describe approaches, deal with specific parenting and family situations, and provide a focus for the field in one volume. The first chapter provides a good overview of the evolution of divorce and family mediation. Four current models of practice are discussed: facilitative mediation, evaluative mediation, transformative mediation, and the hybrid model of mediation. Each model is discussed at length in separate chapters. Critical issues regarding the field of divorce and family mediation are emphasized. These issues include certification and credentialing, training, diversity of practice models, financial realities, educating the public, practice issues, and the future of the field. Conflict resolution strategies are discussed for specific situations, including therapeutic mediation with high-conflict parents. In each chapter that focuses on the theoretical models, conflict resolution suggestions are also made. A chapter on mediation and affairs also addresses conflict resolution and emphasizes a systems approach to mediation. Other models are also discussed. Although the editors have organized and written some of this book, nationally recognized authors have also made contributions to specific chapters. These include briefly: chapter 2, “Facilitative Mediation,” by Bernard Mayer; chapter 8, “Working With Children,” by Donald T. Saposnek; chapter 17, “Mediating in the Shadow of an Affair,” by Emily M. Brown; chapter 19, “Reconciling Self-Determination, Coercion, and Settlement in Court-Connected Mediation,” by Nancy A. Welsch; and chapter 22, “The Model Standards of Practice for Family and Divorce Mediation,” by Andrew Schepard. This book is well written, covers many important topics, and appeals to both practitioners and educators. Although professionals in the field would prefer it as a practice book, educators would find it very useful as a text for classes in mediation, family work, and divorce and custody issues. Many strengths of the volume have been mentioned, but there are weak areas. They include not enough case examples or case illustrations in many chapters and not enough information on practices that address culture, diversity, and multicultural issues. Overall, the strengths of this book are many and the weaknesses few. Advanced-level practitioners will find it an excellent review. The organization of the book includes six sections: Part 1, “Introduction to Divorce and Family Mediation”; Part 2, “Models of Practice”; Part 3, “Mediation Techniques and Interventions”; Part 4, “Special Applications and Considerations”; Part 5, “Mediation in the Court Context”; and Part 6, “Developing the Profession.” Divorce and Family Mediation represents an excellent contribution to the literature on divorce and family mediation.
The Family Journal, 2006
From 1988 to 1997, delinquency cases involving girls increased by 83% (American Bar Association &... more From 1988 to 1997, delinquency cases involving girls increased by 83% (American Bar Association & National BOOK REVIEWS 453
Understanding Gerotranscendence in Older Adults: A New Perspective for Counselors
Adultspan Journal, 2005
The author describes gerotranscendence as a process that occurs when older adults shift from a ra... more The author describes gerotranscendence as a process that occurs when older adults shift from a rational focus on the present-day, material world to a more universal and transcendent perspective. Accompanying this shift is a desire to move toward the end of life with a sense of integrity and acceptance of one's choices. By gaining an understanding of gerotranscendence, counselors can better meet the needs of their aging clients. Using existing gerotranscendence literature as a guideline, suggestions are made for appropriate counseling interventions. ********** As an adolescent, I witnessed the physical decline of my paternal grandmother as she first spent a couple of years living in my family's home, a time that was followed by her ultimate decline into death a few years after her move into a nursing home. Born into a family of Presbyterian missionaries and widowed at an early age, having had six sons who were between the ages of 2 and 16 years, her life was one in which her faith accompanied her from struggle to struggle. College-educated, just as her own five brothers had been, at a time when education was certainly an anomaly for women and a "lady" when ladyhood was still aspired to by young women, Margaret McIlwaine lived a challenging life. Yet as she moved into her 80s and as her health began to decline, she seemed to have few complaints, few demands, and a decreased need for companionship. She did not seem irritably discontent. She simply seemed to have retreated within herself and to have become more reflective and less interactive with others. This shift from an outer- to an inner-directed standpoint in an older adult can surprise family and caregivers who feel that the individual is somehow "slipping away." However, greater understanding of the changes experienced during the end of life transition can better prepare counselors to meet the needs of older adults and members of their support system. Many theories have been developed over the past several decades in an attempt to explain the cognitive, affective, and physical functioning changes that accompany the aging process as well as to determine ways to enhance the aging process. The changes observed as older adults move from midlife to the end of life have been difficult to quantify and explain in a way that makes sense to all people. Some attempted "solutions" for understanding the aging population include the activity theory (Burgess, 1960; Havighurst, 1961), which supports the conviction that active involvement in life leads to healthy aging; the disengagement theory (Cummings & Henry, 1961), which suggests that older adults remove themselves from active involvement in life events as well as detach from social relationships as they prepare themselves for their approaching death; and the continuity theory (Valliant, 1990), which proposes that people do not really change very much as they age and that the behaviors and activities that worked earlier in life will continue to serve them throughout the aging process. Successful aging has further been described as being dependent on one's social-psychological interpretation of whatever one encounters through the aging process (Johnson, 1995). These theories all appear to make some sense as stand-alone pieces of a larger puzzle, but perhaps a more cohesive explanation of the changes that accompany aging can be found in recent literature addressing a process in which adults experience a "shift in meta-perspective, from a materialistic and pragmatic view of the world to a more cosmic and transcendent one, normally accompanied by an increase in life satisfaction" (Tornstam, 1997a, p. 143). This developmental process is termed gerotranscendence and is believed to occur as people move from midlife toward older adulthood (Tornstam, 1989). During this process, an individual moves from feeling deeply connected to the material world to experiencing a more transcendent and cosmically directed sense of connection (i. …
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