This paper reviews findings from a panel study of Boston area unemployed men and their families. Psychological effects of unemployment on workers and their wives are summarized, particularly for the first half year of joblessness. Family responses to job loss are also examined, including the role of the marital relationship in buffering workers' stress. Finally, policy and service implications of this research are discussed. Consideration is given not only to the mental health needs of workers, but to frequently overlooked qualities of efficacy and resilience among the unemployed.

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This study examined the emotion experience of Asian Americans in relation to respondents' orientation to acculturation: Assimilation, Integration, Separation, or Marginalization (J. W. Berry, 1980). Ego- versus other-focused emotion experiences (H. R. Markus & S. Kitayama, 1991) and attention and valence, 2 stages in P. C. Ellsworth's (1994) model of emotion appraisal, were used to investigate the relation between acculturation and affect. Asian Americans most and least assimilated to the dominant Anglo American culture were expected to exhibit emotion responses correspondingly similar to and different from those of Anglo Americans. Those with a bi-cultural or integrationist trajectory should occupy a middle ground in terms of emotional experience. Compared with the appraisal process, ego- versus other-focused emotions, mediated in part by one's self-construal (e.g., independent or interdependent), were more strongly associated with acculturation orientation in the expected directions. The implications of recognizing the influence of acculturation on the emotional meaning of life encounters of newcomers are discussed in light of community psychology and clinical practice.

Considerable research has been published linking traumatic historical events, silence, and diverse psychological consequences. Silence about historical trauma is common among survivors, often creating impediments to healing and recovery and serving as a medium through which the intergenerational effects of catastrophic experiences are transmitted. Understanding the origins of this silence is important for psychologists concerned with the experience of those who have survived major assaults.This article proposes a multifaceted model of the silence accompanying historical trauma, drawing on some of the first oral histories conducted with Korean Americans about personal and family experiences during the Korean War. It examines (1) the enforcing of silence among Korean Americans by the state, community, and family, and by unresolved individual trauma; (2) memories hidden in that silence; and (3) public remembering expressed through the arts as a means of breaking silences and fostering healing.(The Commission) also sought to contribute to the process of reconciliation by ensuring that the truth about the past included the validation of the individual subjective experiences of people who had previously been silenced or voiceless. South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Final Report. October 29, 1999. This article examines the role of silence in the relation between catastrophic historical events and unreconciled trauma based on a case study of Korean American survivors of the catastrophic events of the Korean War. It proposes a multilayered model of the silencing of historical memories involving political, social, and