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Social Change and Psychosocial Adaptation in the Pacific Islands: Cultures in Transition (International and Cultural Psychology) by Anthony J Marsella; Ayda Aukahi Austin; Bruce Grant; SpringerLink (Online service) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The history of the Pacific Islands is noted for great upheavals, from colonization to tribal warfare, natural disasters to nuclear testing. More recently, political change, increasing technology and urbanization, and conflict between traditional and Western cultures have led to considerable social problems in the region. Substance and alcohol abuse, violence, cultural displacement, and suicide bring uncertainty to day-to-day life and stretch already overextended social resources. Social Change and Psychosocial Adaptation in the Pacific Islands sensitively balances situations applicable across this vast geographical area with data and events relevant to individual nations in Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. Chapters are written by native clinicians, cultural anthropologists, cross-cultural psychologists, and other professionals serving the region, specifically focusing on: - Hawaii- Aboriginal Australia - The Solomon Islands - Fiji - Guam - The Marshall Islands - The Federated States of Micronesia Each provides historical background, details the country's ethnic makeup, summarizes major cultural identity/survival issues, and examines its existing health care and mental health c
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- Author
- Anthony J Marsella; Ayda Aukahi Austin; Bruce Grant; SpringerLink (Online service)
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9786610608089
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, Psychology, Social Science
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