ACP2023 Virtual Poster Presentations

Mental Health

67407 | Changes in Expectancies for the Hypnotic State Directly Associated With Improvements in Conscious/Nonconscious Attitudes Towards Hypnosis Part 2: Pre-psycho-education Scores

Tomomi Nakatani, Konan University, Japan

Yoshikazu Fukui, Konan University, Japan

Shin-ichi Oura, Tokai-Gakuin University, Japan

Takahiro Imaida, University of Human Environments, Japan

There is evidence that hypnosis is effective for psychosomatic disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome and chronic pain. However, hypnosis has not been fully utilized in psychosomatic medicine in Japan. Nakatani et al. (2021) reported the effects of psycho-education on improving conscious/ nonconscious attitudes towards hypnosis using the attitude towards hypnosis score at the pre-psycho-education (high/low) based on the mean as an independent variable. However, using the mean as a criterion is questionable because many people have positive conscious attitude towards hypnosis, but negative nonconscious attitude towards hypnosis (Fukui & Oura, 2016). Therefore, the current study compared the results of an ANOVA with the attitude towards hypnosis scores at the pre-psycho-education divided by the theoretical median (high/low) or attitude towards hypnosis scores divided by the mean as independent variables. University students’ (N = 54) conscious attitude towards hypnosis was assessed by a questionnaire (Shimizu, 2009) and nonconscious attitude towards hypnosis by the Implicit Association Test (Fukui & Oura, 2016) before and after psycho-education. The data overlap with a series of past studies (Nakatani et al., 2020, 2021, 2022). Regardless of the criterion, the results indicated that correcting expectancies for loss of control improved conscious attitude towards hypnosis in the negative pre-conscious attitude towards hypnosis group and that there was a significant difference between the decrease in the high pre-nonconscious attitude towards hypnosis group and the increase in the low pre-nonconscious attitude towards hypnosis group. These findings suggest that the results are similar irrespective of the criterion.

68973 | Mental Health Difficulties Among Asian Psychologists and Trainees

Bingjie Tong, University of South Florida, United States

Andrew Devendorf, University of South Florida, United States

Sarah E. Victor, Texas Tech University, United States

Jonathan Rottenberg, University of South Florida, United States

There is a lack of representation of Asian faculty and trainees in clinical and counseling psychology, and their mental health challenges are often overlooked. We surveyed accredited doctoral training programs and internships across the United States and Canada in 2021. Out of 1959 responses, 158 respondents (8%) identified as Asian. Most Asian respondents (n = 111; 84%) reported a history of a mental health difficulty, with depression (75%), anxiety (47%), and suicidal thoughts or behaviors (STB; 44%) being the most prevalent. These prevalence estimates were similar to those of non-Asian respondents, of which 82% reported a history of mental health difficulties, with depression being the most commonly endorsed (72%), followed by anxiety (54%) and STB (38%). However, when asked about receiving a formal diagnosis for a mental health condition, the proportion of Asian respondents with a diagnosis was significantly lower (37%) than their non-Asian peers (48%) (p = 0.01). The multivariate analysis did not find a significant difference between the Asian and non-Asian groups in symptom severity, indexed by the number of total mental health difficulties and professional performance impairment. The current findings suggest that mental health difficulties are prevalent in clinical and counseling psychology. Asian psychologists and trainees have a lower rate of formal mental health diagnoses, but this may not reflect lower levels of symptom severity but a lack of mental health resources, such as financial constraints, a lack of time, or cultural factors that discourage help-seeking. However, future research is needed to explicitly test these hypotheses.

68979 | Effects of Intercultural Training for Foreign Care Workers in Japan: A Short-term Longitudinal Study

Kaori Hatanaka, Baika Women's University, Japan

Emiko Yamamoto, Aichi Medical University, Japan

Yoichi Yamano, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Tomoko Tanaka, Okayama University, Japan

Foreign care workers in Japan (“foreigners”) face difficulties due to language barriers and cultural differences in care practices. However, systematic training on cross-cultural care has not been developed, and building a culture of collaboration between foreigners and Japanese care workers is challenging. This study examined the short-term intervention effects of an e-learning program providing ""intercultural care education"" to foreigners.

The program included four videos on care and a pamphlet on intercultural adaptation. Data was collected from 12 participants at three time points — before the program (B), one month after the program (P1), and three months after the program (P2).

Analysis of variance in B-P1-P2 showed that ""intercultural care education"" was effective in reducing psychological work burden (amount) (F(1,11)=8.80,p<.05). The results of multiple comparisons of the Bonferroni method showed that P2 score was significantly lower than B and P1. No changes were found at the three time points for occupational stress work burden (quality), fatigue, overall job satisfaction, work engagement, and social support.

The results indicate that the short-term (three months) effects of the ""intercultural care education"" program are acquisition of new skills, improved work efficiency, and reduced quantitative work stressors. In the future, it is necessary to examine whether the program contributes to building a culture of collaboration as a long-term effect.