Bullying: A Wellness Concern Among Appalachian Youth

Abstract

Adolescents in a southeastern, rural school were given the Five Factor Wellness Inventory and a survey to examine the relationship between bullying and wellness. A significant correlation between an aggregate score of bullying and total wellness (r = −.43, p < .001) was revealed. Implications and strategies for counselors are discussed.

Wellness and wellness counseling: History, status, and future

“…Myers and Sweeney (2008) reviewed the literature on wellness counseling, with a specific emphasis on the Indivisible Self model. These and subsequent wellness counseling studies have included culturally diverse samples such as Appalachians (Mynatt et al., 2014), Native Americans (Garrett et al., 2009), Korean Americans (Chang & Myers, 2003), African Americans (Spurgeon, 2009; Spurgeon & Myers, 2010), Caribbean Americans (Mitchell, 2001), Turkish students (Oguz‐Duran & Tezer, 2009), Korean counselors (Jang et al., 2012), as well as gay men (Dew et al., 2005), and lesbian and bisexual women (Degges‐White & Myers, 2006a). With versions for adolescents and adults, the 5F‐Wel has included samples of youth (Watson & Lemon, 2011), college students (Foster et al., 2016), those in middle adulthood (Degges‐White & Myers, 2006b), and older adults (Fullen et al., 2018).…”

Using Gestalt Techniques to Promote Meaning Making in Trauma Survivors

“…Professionals using humanistic approaches (i.e., gestalt) can take on such an empowering perspective by emphasizing people's innate potential for growth and their ability to reestablish meaning in their lives (Schacter et al, 2011). Such a holistic approach can improve resilience by addressing the link between cognitive thought and body sensation, with the objective of improving all dimensions of personal wellness (Mynatt et al, 2014). It is in this therapeutic space that a client can begin moving from a fragmented worldview to a more integrated sense of self through the process of meaning making.…”