Guided Affective and Cognitive Imagery to Enhance Self-esteem Among Hawaiian Children
✍ Scribed by Michael M. Omizo; Sharon A. Omizo; Sean K. Kitaoka
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 621 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0883-8534
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✦ Synopsis
This article discusses the use of guided affective and cognitive imagery tc enhance self-esteem among children of Hawaiian ancestry. Children whc participated in the intervention strategy. which consisted of 10 group ses sions, had significantly higher scores on some areas of self-esteem.
When two populations meet, the scenario is often as follows. Or population establishes itself as the dominant culture, and in doir so also establishes the norms, values, and standards that govern tl whole. The other population is left to assimilate and integrate i n this larger whole. Tensions arise when the two populations hai conflicting ideas of what the norms, values, and standards ought 1 be (D' Andrea, 1994). The traditional Native Hawaiian culture does not place the san emphasis on individual achievement as does the US. culture. AI cording to Omizo and Omizo (1989), Hawaiians tend to have stror affiliation needs, and therefore tend to be more group oriented. 1 Hawaiian culture, individual efforts are applauded, but the achievc ment and recognition for the goals attained are earned by the grou] This orientation to the group is in direct opposition to America culture, which encourages independence, autonomy, and compet tion (Omizo & Omizo. 1989).
In addition to this. Hawaiians often suffer from an array of socia economic, educational, and political inequities (Hammond, 1988 These inequities are not uncommon among minority cultures, an are similar to those of other Native Americans (Attneave. 1985; Sui