Cancer rates are rising among the South Asian population and, more specifically, among South Asian American women from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. About 1 in 9 Pakistani women will suffer from breast cancer at some point in her life. Research shows many cancer deaths could b…
The purpose of the following research study was to examine differences in mate selection criteria in a sample of first and second generation Pakistani Americans. The hypothesis was that differences would exist between first and second generation Pakistani Americans in the rankin…
This study argues that the notion of Americanness is constructed nationally within the U.S. geographic space, as well as transnationally outside that space. The transnational perception of the U.S. nation-space and Americanness makes possible ambivalent positionings which I call…
The traditional counseling practices have been criticized as being demeaning, irrelevant, and oppressive towards the culturally different. Over the past many decades the mental health profession has been challenged about appropriateness of the psychological services it offers to…