Counseling Ohio Youth: What Their Parents Hope for in Mental Health Counseling Services in a County Identified As Appalachian
COUNSELING OHIO YOUTH: WHAT THEIR PARENTS HOPE FOR IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SERVICES IN A COUNTY IDENTIFIED AS APPALACHIAN A dissertation submitted to the Kent State University College and Graduate School of Education, Health, and Human Services in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Thomas Scott Newman December 2018 © Copyright, 2018 by Thomas Scott Newman All Rights Reserved ii A dissertation written by Thomas Scott Newman B.A., Malone College, 1984 M.S., Malone College, 1994 Ph.D., Kent State University, 2018 Approved by _____________________________, Co-director, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Jane A. Cox _____________________________, Co-director, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Jason McGlothlin _____________________________, Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Steven R. Brown Accepted by _____________________________, Director, School of Lifespan Development and Mary Dellmann-Jenkins Educational Sciences _____________________________, Dean, College of Education, Health and Human James C. Hannon Sciences iii NEWMAN, THOMAS SCOTT, Ph.D., December 2018 LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES COUNSELING OHIO YOUTH: WHAT THEIR PARENTS HOPE FOR IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SERVICES IN A COUNTY IDENTIFIED AS APPALACHIAN (155 pp.) Co-Directors of Dissertation: Jane A. Cox, Ph.D. Jason McGlothlin, Ph.D. This study utilized Q methodology to explore the hopes of parents in an Appalachian County in Ohio in relation to the mental health counseling treatment provided to their children. Twenty-six parents whose children received mental health counseling services in the identified county sorted 31 statements. The sorts were analyzed using and unrotated principle components analysis solution. Sorts loading on more than one factor were manually deflagged from the analysis resulting in three viewpoints being identified.
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