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GloriaAlberta M. Gloria is Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Doriane BessonDoriane Besson was a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison at the time of the study. Dr. Besson is now a staff psychologist at University of California, San Diego...
of values, of attitudes, which our present system induces, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness, for self-direction, and for self-initiated learning.” Carl Rogers, Humanist psychologist
Pearlin et al.'s (1981) stress process model, rooted in the sociology of stress and mental health, is used to frame our analysis. The premise of the model is that “[p]ersonal problems can be and often are reflections of the structures and contexts in which people lead their lives” (...