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Results from 98 Arab youth in Canada showed that having a positive Arab culture orientation was related to greater family life satisfaction with family social support as a mediator. A positive European Canadian orientation was related to greater school life satisfaction, but this relation was not mediated by friend social support. Implications for the processes of enculturation and acculturation are discussed. Los resultados obtenidos de 98 jovenes Arabes en Canada mostraron que tener una orientacion cultural Arabe positiva estaba relacionado con una mayor satisfaccion sobre la vida en familia, con el apoyo social familiar como mediador. Tener una orientacion Eurocanadiense positiva estaba relacionado con una mayor satisfaccion en la vida escolar, pero esta relacion no estaba mediada por el apoyo social de los amigos. Se discuten las implicaciones para los procesos de inculturacion y aculturacion.

In keeping with our pluralistic society, counselors have begun the task of attempting to understand issues of multicultural diversity. The purpose of this article is to describe a focus group interview conducted with a group of therapists in a large-scale, comprehensive family service agency in an Arab American community. Participants represented various countries of origin, helping disciplines, and years of U.S. residence. The interview format was semistructured, and the results confirmed what little was already known about the population and supplemented that body of knowledge with updated information. Implications for counseling and further research are discussed.