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questionnaire “sense of cultural alienation”. Results showed that: (1) The main effects of the
district are significant in the cultural alienation with its four dimensions. The main effects of the
gender are significant in the sense of apart from culture and the sense of disharmonious. (2) The
age by district interaction is significant, and the age by district and gender interaction is significant
in cultural alienation. (3) The factor influencing the sense of cultural alienation is the variable of
district.
4028.74 Happiness and education in the Indian context, Ashok Kumar Srivastava 1 , Girishwar
Misra 2 , 1 National Council of Educational Research and Training, India; 2 University of Delhi,
India
This paper examines the notion of happiness by analyzing Indian scholarly discourses. The Indian
view goes beyond the economic model of man and is wider and all pervasive. All knowledge in
ancient scholarly texts guides humans to attain the state of happiness. Happiness is viewed as a
state of 'being', which can be attained by relating to others, introspection and meditation, being in
company of good people, sacrificing material possessions, living within one's means, sincere work,
striving for equality, being truthful, showing fearlessness and contentment, and surrendering
before the highest divine. The implications for students and teachers have been discussed.
4028.75 The qualitative research on the help-seeking behavior of neurotic persons in Chinese
mainland, Qiang Li, Fuping Chen, Sheng Wu, Qiudang Wang, Nankai University, China
39 neurotic persons were undergone the depth interviews, and the gained information was
analyzed with template analysis. The characteristics in help-seeking behavior of Chinese are as
follows: Patients prefer self-regulation to getting help from others; if they turn to others, they
prefer inner group to outer group; when they turn to outer group, they prefer the other ways to
professional psychological agency. Patients chiefly complain somatic symptoms, and hold the
suspicious attitudes to the psychotherapy, which do nothing to their identification to the authority.
All the characteristics relate to Chinese family notion, mian-zi notion and mind-body notion.
4028.76 Psychosocial correlates of inhalant abuse among indignenous australian youth, Julia
Butt 1 , Jude Salandha 2 , Frank McKilroy 2 , Paul Drahm 2 , 1 University of Queensland, Australia;
2
Indigenous Youth Health Service, Queensland, Australia
There has been an increase in the prevalence of inhalant abuse among Indigenous youth in
Brisbane, Australia. The current study investigated the characteristics and psychosocial correlates
of inhalant abuse in a sample of Indigenous youth. The results showed that young people who
used inhlants were more likely to: have low levels of connection to culture; experience family
problems; have clinical levels of depression, and a history of suicidal intention. The results
suggest that inhalant abuse identifies young people at risk of harm, and that cultural connection
and belonging are protective factors against negative developmental outcomes.
4028.77 College guidance and the code of values, Hector Hugo Sanchez, William J. Torres,
Universidad Ricardo Palma, Peru
Considering the Counseling and Guidance Program of the Universidad Ricardo Palma of Lima,
Peru, an attempt was made in order to know how the old code of values could be used approaching
education based on values. The participants were college students at the freshmen level. A
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