Chalsa M Loo
Biographic Data
| ID | 218849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chalsa M Loo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chalsa M |
| FAMILY NAME | Loo |
| SIGNATURE | LOO C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Group Treatment for Race-related Stresses among Minority Vietnam Veterans
Treatment for symptoms arising from exposure to adverse race-related events is critical to culturally competent healthcare delivery to ethnic minorities, particularly in light of recent findings demonstrating significant relationships between adverse race-related events and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and general psychiatric distress. This article offers a developmental model consisting of stages by which psychological symptoms develop …
Food in the Racial Experiences of Asian American Pacific Islander Vietnam Veterans
There were a lot of places in Nam that were similar to places in Guam. There were fruits like sweet sap, sour sap, bananas, naturally sweet potatoes, all kinds of things that they had there. I could have just walked into Vietnam and stayed there and lived off their diet.We go down to the PX and pick us up some corned beef and onions, come back, cook our own food. And they [white GIs] come down and tell us, [imitating voice] “You're eating gook fo…
Measuring exposure to racism
This article describes the development and validation of the Race-Related Stressor Scale (RRSS), a questionnaire that assesses exposure to race-related stressors in the military and war zone. Validated on a sample of 300 Asian American Vietnam veterans, the RRSS has high internal consistency and adequate temporal stability. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that exposure to race-related stressors accounted for a significant proportion of …
Chinese America
This systematic study of residents in San Francisco's Chinatown - funded by the National Institute of Mental Health - takes an empirical and psychological approach. Examining the physical health, mental health and general welfare of Chinese Americans, the combination of in-depth surveys and interviews with residents results in a clear picture of the social and psychological problems of this ethnic minority community. The author also examines vari…
Race-related stress among Asian American veterans
This article addresses theoretical principles and clinical descriptions of the phenomenon of race-related stress and trauma experienced by Asian American Vietnam veterans. A conceptual model of race-based stress is presented, comprised of five principles, by which to understand mental health difficulties that can arise in regard to race-based stressors. The model describes (a) the relationship between life threat and physical similarity to the "e…
Chinatown
Researching Ethnic Minority Populations Heartland of Gold: A Historical Overview (by Chalsa Loo and Connie Young Yu) The Nature of Community and Desired Residential Mobility Neighborhood Satisfaction: Development versus Preservation Crowding: Perceptions, Attitudes, and Consequences Language Acquisition, Cultural Shift, and the English-Only Movement (by Chalsa M. Loo with Paul Ong) Pulse on Chinatown: Health Status and Service Use Too Bloated wit…
Ethnicity and cultural diversity
The purpose of this survey was to examine the extent to which community psychology has committed itself to one of its original missions: to foster cultural relativity and diversity. Content analyses were conducted of all articles published in the American Journal of Community Psychology, Community Mental Health Journal, and the Journal of Community Psychology from the journals' inception through 1985. Of all articles published, 13% furthered the …
Alienation of Ethnic Minority Students at a Predominantly White University
Additional informationNotes on contributorsChalsa M. LooChalsa M. Loo is associate professor of psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Garry Rolison is a Predoctoral Fellow in Black Studies and Sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara.Garry RolisonChalsa M. Loo is associate professor of psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Garry Rolison is a Predoctoral Fellow in Black Studies and …
The 'Biliterate' Ballot Controversy
Chalsa M. Loo, The 'Biliterate' Ballot Controversy: Language Acquisition and Cultural Shift among Immigrants, The International Migration Review, Vol. 19, No. 3, Special Issue: Civil Rights and the Sociopolitical Participation of Migrants (Autumn, 1985), pp. 493-515
The ‘Biliterate’ Ballot Controversy
This study sought to test the validity of assumptions made regarding multilingual electoral ballot provisions. In addition, the study sought to determine if rationale for multilingual ballot provisions exist on the basis of factors related to language shift. Special, but not exclusive, attention was given to the Chinese language minority group. Empirical support for assumptions made by English-only advocates was found lacking. Rationale for langu…
Research and Asian Americans
Pulse on San Francisco's Chinatown
Desired Residential Mobility in a Low Income Ethnic Community
This article examines the social and economic underpinnings of desired residential mobility in an ethnic community. Using interview survey data, desired residential mobility in Chinatown was examined using social theories of urban location regarding ethnic settlement and neighborhood homogeneity. Residents want to stay not because it is an ideal place of residence, but because of social, economic, and language disadvantages relative to white Amer…
The Group Assessment of Interpersonal Traits (Gait)
The group assessment of interpersonal traits (Gait)
GAIT performances of undergraduates were rated by peers and professsional clinical psychologists from video tape. Two additional measures; Potential for Clinical Effectiveness, and Insight into the Client's Problem, were included with GAIT measures of Openness, Empathy, Acceptance, and Outgoing and were also rated. GAIT ratings of Empathy, Acceptance, Potential for Clinical Effectiveness were not well differentiated. The behavioral response modes…
Crowding and Human Behavior
The Psychological Study of Crowding
For every phenomenon there exists origins and developments. In this paper the psychological study of crowding is discussed in terms of its origins and some of its conceptual developments
Alienation of Ethnic Minority Students at a Predominantly White University
Additional informationNotes on contributorsChalsa M. LooChalsa M. Loo is associate professor of psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Garry Rolison is a Predoctoral Fellow in Black Studies and Sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara.Garry RolisonChalsa M. Loo is associate professor of psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Garry Rolison is a Predoctoral Fellow in Black Studies and …
Race-related stress among Asian American veterans
This article addresses theoretical principles and clinical descriptions of the phenomenon of race-related stress and trauma experienced by Asian American Vietnam veterans. A conceptual model of race-based stress is presented, comprised of five principles, by which to understand mental health difficulties that can arise in regard to race-based stressors. The model describes (a) the relationship between life threat and physical similarity to the "e…
Desired Residential Mobility in a Low Income Ethnic Community
This article examines the social and economic underpinnings of desired residential mobility in an ethnic community. Using interview survey data, desired residential mobility in Chinatown was examined using social theories of urban location regarding ethnic settlement and neighborhood homogeneity. Residents want to stay not because it is an ideal place of residence, but because of social, economic, and language disadvantages relative to white Amer…
Group Treatment for Race-related Stresses among Minority Vietnam Veterans
Treatment for symptoms arising from exposure to adverse race-related events is critical to culturally competent healthcare delivery to ethnic minorities, particularly in light of recent findings demonstrating significant relationships between adverse race-related events and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and general psychiatric distress. This article offers a developmental model consisting of stages by which psychological symptoms develop …
The group assessment of interpersonal traits (Gait)
GAIT performances of undergraduates were rated by peers and professsional clinical psychologists from video tape. Two additional measures; Potential for Clinical Effectiveness, and Insight into the Client's Problem, were included with GAIT measures of Openness, Empathy, Acceptance, and Outgoing and were also rated. GAIT ratings of Empathy, Acceptance, Potential for Clinical Effectiveness were not well differentiated. The behavioral response modes…
The Psychological Study of Crowding
For every phenomenon there exists origins and developments. In this paper the psychological study of crowding is discussed in terms of its origins and some of its conceptual developments
Chinese America
This systematic study of residents in San Francisco's Chinatown - funded by the National Institute of Mental Health - takes an empirical and psychological approach. Examining the physical health, mental health and general welfare of Chinese Americans, the combination of in-depth surveys and interviews with residents results in a clear picture of the social and psychological problems of this ethnic minority community. The author also examines vari…
The 'Biliterate' Ballot Controversy
Chalsa M. Loo, The 'Biliterate' Ballot Controversy: Language Acquisition and Cultural Shift among Immigrants, The International Migration Review, Vol. 19, No. 3, Special Issue: Civil Rights and the Sociopolitical Participation of Migrants (Autumn, 1985), pp. 493-515
Research and Asian Americans
The Psychological Study of Crowding
For every phenomenon there exists origins and developments. In this paper the psychological study of crowding is discussed in terms of its origins and some of its conceptual developments
Crowding and Human Behavior
The Group Assessment of Interpersonal Traits (Gait)
The group assessment of interpersonal traits (Gait)
GAIT performances of undergraduates were rated by peers and professsional clinical psychologists from video tape. Two additional measures; Potential for Clinical Effectiveness, and Insight into the Client's Problem, were included with GAIT measures of Openness, Empathy, Acceptance, and Outgoing and were also rated. GAIT ratings of Empathy, Acceptance, Potential for Clinical Effectiveness were not well differentiated. The behavioral response modes…
Desired Residential Mobility in a Low Income Ethnic Community
This article examines the social and economic underpinnings of desired residential mobility in an ethnic community. Using interview survey data, desired residential mobility in Chinatown was examined using social theories of urban location regarding ethnic settlement and neighborhood homogeneity. Residents want to stay not because it is an ideal place of residence, but because of social, economic, and language disadvantages relative to white Amer…
Pulse on San Francisco's Chinatown
The 'Biliterate' Ballot Controversy
Chalsa M. Loo, The 'Biliterate' Ballot Controversy: Language Acquisition and Cultural Shift among Immigrants, The International Migration Review, Vol. 19, No. 3, Special Issue: Civil Rights and the Sociopolitical Participation of Migrants (Autumn, 1985), pp. 493-515
The ‘Biliterate’ Ballot Controversy
This study sought to test the validity of assumptions made regarding multilingual electoral ballot provisions. In addition, the study sought to determine if rationale for multilingual ballot provisions exist on the basis of factors related to language shift. Special, but not exclusive, attention was given to the Chinese language minority group. Empirical support for assumptions made by English-only advocates was found lacking. Rationale for langu…
Research and Asian Americans
Alienation of Ethnic Minority Students at a Predominantly White University
Additional informationNotes on contributorsChalsa M. LooChalsa M. Loo is associate professor of psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Garry Rolison is a Predoctoral Fellow in Black Studies and Sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara.Garry RolisonChalsa M. Loo is associate professor of psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Garry Rolison is a Predoctoral Fellow in Black Studies and …
Ethnicity and cultural diversity
The purpose of this survey was to examine the extent to which community psychology has committed itself to one of its original missions: to foster cultural relativity and diversity. Content analyses were conducted of all articles published in the American Journal of Community Psychology, Community Mental Health Journal, and the Journal of Community Psychology from the journals' inception through 1985. Of all articles published, 13% furthered the …
Chinatown
Researching Ethnic Minority Populations Heartland of Gold: A Historical Overview (by Chalsa Loo and Connie Young Yu) The Nature of Community and Desired Residential Mobility Neighborhood Satisfaction: Development versus Preservation Crowding: Perceptions, Attitudes, and Consequences Language Acquisition, Cultural Shift, and the English-Only Movement (by Chalsa M. Loo with Paul Ong) Pulse on Chinatown: Health Status and Service Use Too Bloated wit…
Race-related stress among Asian American veterans
This article addresses theoretical principles and clinical descriptions of the phenomenon of race-related stress and trauma experienced by Asian American Vietnam veterans. A conceptual model of race-based stress is presented, comprised of five principles, by which to understand mental health difficulties that can arise in regard to race-based stressors. The model describes (a) the relationship between life threat and physical similarity to the "e…
Chinese America
This systematic study of residents in San Francisco's Chinatown - funded by the National Institute of Mental Health - takes an empirical and psychological approach. Examining the physical health, mental health and general welfare of Chinese Americans, the combination of in-depth surveys and interviews with residents results in a clear picture of the social and psychological problems of this ethnic minority community. The author also examines vari…
Measuring exposure to racism
This article describes the development and validation of the Race-Related Stressor Scale (RRSS), a questionnaire that assesses exposure to race-related stressors in the military and war zone. Validated on a sample of 300 Asian American Vietnam veterans, the RRSS has high internal consistency and adequate temporal stability. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that exposure to race-related stressors accounted for a significant proportion of …
Food in the Racial Experiences of Asian American Pacific Islander Vietnam Veterans
There were a lot of places in Nam that were similar to places in Guam. There were fruits like sweet sap, sour sap, bananas, naturally sweet potatoes, all kinds of things that they had there. I could have just walked into Vietnam and stayed there and lived off their diet.We go down to the PX and pick us up some corned beef and onions, come back, cook our own food. And they [white GIs] come down and tell us, [imitating voice] “You're eating gook fo…
Group Treatment for Race-related Stresses among Minority Vietnam Veterans
Treatment for symptoms arising from exposure to adverse race-related events is critical to culturally competent healthcare delivery to ethnic minorities, particularly in light of recent findings demonstrating significant relationships between adverse race-related events and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and general psychiatric distress. This article offers a developmental model consisting of stages by which psychological symptoms develop …
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