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This research was conducted to test the direct effect of cultural capital and indirect effect of meaning making on depression among Chinese older adults in bereavement living in rural area. A sample of 352 older adults participated in this research. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to secure the construct validity of cultural capital, and path analysis with multiple mediators was run to investigate the mediation model including cultural capital, depression, meaning making, and meaning making squared. Meaning making and it squared form (a high level of meaning making) were mediators in the direct relationship cultural capital and depression. The results revealed a significantly positive indirect effect of cultural capital on depression through meaning making and a significantly negative indirect effect through the square of meaning making. The direct effect of cultural capital on depression did not reach statistical significance. These findings suggested a full mediating role of high quality of meaning making. Enhancing the levels of cultural capital and meaning making by means of education programs was recommended, since Chinese traditional culture has features in helping the widowed older adults adapt to the death of their partners., Author(s): Haimin Pan [sup.1] , Zhirui Chen [sup.2] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.13402.34, 0000 0004 1759 700X, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University, , Hangzhou, China (2) grid.267315.4, 0000 0001 2181 9515, [...]

ABSTRACT Service-learning provides an excellent pedagogy for introducing students to clients of different cultural backgrounds, helping students become aware of the issues these clients face related to culture and health [...]

The present study examined the role of attributions to discrimination and competence in predicting depression among a sample of 93 Latino/a adults. The major findings showed that attributions to discrimination were related to decreases in both general competence and intercultural competence, which were in turn associated with increases in depressive symptoms. This pattern of results suggests that general and intercultural competence partially mediated the relationship between attributions to discrimination and depression. The findings are discussed within the context of the cultural adaptation process and factors that ameliorate Latino/a mental health. In addition, theoretical and practical implications are outlined along with areas of future research. Keywords: attributions to discrimination, intercultural competence, depression, Latino/a mental health

Many practices aimed at cultivating multicultural competence in educational and organizational settings (e.g., exchange programs, diversity education in college, diversity management at work) assume that multicultural experience fosters creativity. In line with this assumption, the research reported in this article is the first to empirically demonstrate that exposure to multiple cultures in and of itself can enhance creativity. Overall, the authors found that extensiveness of multicultural experiences was positively related to both creative performance (insight learning, remote association, and idea generation) and creativity-supporting cognitive processes (retrieval of unconventional knowledge, recruitment of ideas from unfamiliar cultures for creative idea expansion). Furthermore, their studies showed that the serendipitous creative benefits resulting from multicultural experiences may depend on the extent to which individuals open themselves to foreign cultures, and that creativity is facilitated in contexts that de-emphasize the need for firm answers or existential concerns. The authors discuss the implications of their findings for promoting creativity in increasingly global learning and work environments. Keywords: multicultural experience(s), creativity, culture, cognition