Amith Ben-David
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 653734 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Amith Ben-David |
| NOMBRES | Amith |
| APELLIDO | Ben-David |
| FIRMA | BEN-DAVID A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Haifa |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1993 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Do we have to teach them to be culturally sensitive
The authors studied cultural sensitiveness among students of first-, second- and third-year social work education in Israel. Students were screened for prejudice and for cultural sensitivity. Results show that social work education in Israel does not orient students towards reducing prejudice or enhancing their cultural sensitivity. A weak relationship between prejudice, cultural sensitivity and gender appears during the third year of studies. So…
Ethiopean and Israeli Students' Adjustment to College
The present study examines the individual, family, and social resources that influence the academic adjustment of Ethiopian students as compared to Israeli students. More specifically, the study examines the influence of sense of coherence, coping styles, family cohesion and adaptability, and social support on the academic adjustment of these two populations. Academic adjustment was measured using three dimensions: (a) the student's assessment of…
The Experience of Being Different
There are certain people who, by virtue of their physical appearance, behavior, or life circumstance, feel consistently different. The purpose of this article is to understand the experience of being different from the point of view of those who feel different. For this purpose, we selected race as the master status (Frable, 1993a, 1993b) designation, because race causes the greatest divisions among different peoples of the world. The study popul…
The Narrative of Life
Women migrating alone constitute a growing percentage of the migratory community in the world. In the last five years, hundreds of thousands of new immigrants have arrived in Israel. Most of them have come from the former Soviet Union, and some of them from Ethiopia. In spite of the different world-view of the families in both cultures, the ratio of single-parent families in these two immigrant populations is similar. This paper aims to narrate t…
Family therapy in israel
Family Functioning and Migration
International migration is increasingly dominated by family considerations. Despite conflicts and tensions, the support system of the family is the main agent through which the adjustment to migration occurs. Social workers are in the front line in the treatment and acculturation of new immigrants. The present study explores how 145 social workers, comprising about 70% of those who treat new immigrants in the northern part of Israel, perceive fam…
Migration and Marital Distress
Israel is experiencing a major wave of immigration from the Soviet Union. Thousands of families are relocating from a different country, a different culture and different values. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 families covering issues of importance in the life of the family. Topics included areas of difficulty, areas of strength of the family, relationships and communication among family members, the nuclear family and the extended fa…
Culture and gender in marital therapy with ethiopian immigrants
Do we have to teach them to be culturally sensitive
The authors studied cultural sensitiveness among students of first-, second- and third-year social work education in Israel. Students were screened for prejudice and for cultural sensitivity. Results show that social work education in Israel does not orient students towards reducing prejudice or enhancing their cultural sensitivity. A weak relationship between prejudice, cultural sensitivity and gender appears during the third year of studies. So…
Culture and gender in marital therapy with ethiopian immigrants
Family Functioning and Migration
International migration is increasingly dominated by family considerations. Despite conflicts and tensions, the support system of the family is the main agent through which the adjustment to migration occurs. Social workers are in the front line in the treatment and acculturation of new immigrants. The present study explores how 145 social workers, comprising about 70% of those who treat new immigrants in the northern part of Israel, perceive fam…
Culture and gender in marital therapy with ethiopian immigrants
Migration and Marital Distress
Israel is experiencing a major wave of immigration from the Soviet Union. Thousands of families are relocating from a different country, a different culture and different values. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 families covering issues of importance in the life of the family. Topics included areas of difficulty, areas of strength of the family, relationships and communication among family members, the nuclear family and the extended fa…
Family therapy in israel
Family Functioning and Migration
International migration is increasingly dominated by family considerations. Despite conflicts and tensions, the support system of the family is the main agent through which the adjustment to migration occurs. Social workers are in the front line in the treatment and acculturation of new immigrants. The present study explores how 145 social workers, comprising about 70% of those who treat new immigrants in the northern part of Israel, perceive fam…
The Narrative of Life
Women migrating alone constitute a growing percentage of the migratory community in the world. In the last five years, hundreds of thousands of new immigrants have arrived in Israel. Most of them have come from the former Soviet Union, and some of them from Ethiopia. In spite of the different world-view of the families in both cultures, the ratio of single-parent families in these two immigrant populations is similar. This paper aims to narrate t…
The Experience of Being Different
There are certain people who, by virtue of their physical appearance, behavior, or life circumstance, feel consistently different. The purpose of this article is to understand the experience of being different from the point of view of those who feel different. For this purpose, we selected race as the master status (Frable, 1993a, 1993b) designation, because race causes the greatest divisions among different peoples of the world. The study popul…
Do we have to teach them to be culturally sensitive
The authors studied cultural sensitiveness among students of first-, second- and third-year social work education in Israel. Students were screened for prejudice and for cultural sensitivity. Results show that social work education in Israel does not orient students towards reducing prejudice or enhancing their cultural sensitivity. A weak relationship between prejudice, cultural sensitivity and gender appears during the third year of studies. So…
Ethiopean and Israeli Students' Adjustment to College
The present study examines the individual, family, and social resources that influence the academic adjustment of Ethiopian students as compared to Israeli students. More specifically, the study examines the influence of sense of coherence, coping styles, family cohesion and adaptability, and social support on the academic adjustment of these two populations. Academic adjustment was measured using three dimensions: (a) the student's assessment of…
Psychology (8 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Gender Studies (5 obras) · Immigration (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · Social Work (4 obras) · Developmental psychology (3 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras)