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Alice F. Chang

Alice F. Chang. Overview. Born in Ithaca, New York Daughter of political refugees At 4, moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico Furthered her education at UCLA and USC Professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Influences. Family Cultural aspects Breast Cancer New Mexico. The Zeitgeist.

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Alice F. Chang

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  1. Alice F. Chang

  2. Overview • Born in Ithaca, New York • Daughter of political refugees • At 4, moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico • Furthered her education at UCLA and USC • Professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson

  3. Influences • Family • Cultural aspects • Breast Cancer • New Mexico

  4. The Zeitgeist • Social Climate of the 20th century • Humanistic psychology

  5. Her Ideas Compared With the 20th Century Zeitgeist • Schools of thought • Humanistic • Behaviorism • Her practice • taken other people’s work and elaborated very well to further prove their points. • focused on health and medical psychology, not behavioral

  6. Personal Struggles • Female Psychologist • Few women • Most work found in clinics • Minority • Issues encountered at Marana Community Health Clinic • Obstacles she overcame at Kansas City VA Medical Center

  7. Personal Struggles • Personal battle with breast cancer • “A Survivor’s Guide to Breast Cancer” • Cultural Expectations • Family comes first • High academic standards • Mother and fathers opinions

  8. Academy for Cancer Wellness • Non-profit organization established in 1995 by Alice F. Chang, and John Welker • Supports cancer wellness: survivors, families, friends and caregivers

  9. American Psychological Foundation • Non-profit organization that advances in science and practice in psychology as a means of understanding human welfare, education, and health

  10. Marana Community Mental Health Clinic • Non-profit clinic • Helps serve Yaqui Indians, migrant workers, and poor people in rural communities

  11. Kansas Psychological Foundation • Founded by Alice F. Chang in 1985 • Mission is to raise funds and have reward programs

  12. Strengths and Weaknesses • Theories and ideas • wasn’t really a theorist, but she did apply existing theories, like self esteem in the school environment to the clinical psychology field • Strengths • Advocate • opened the VAH, • Survivor • Breast cancer • Being a mentor for others in psychology • Research • Being able to apply existing theories to certain clinical psychological studies and research by using the scientific approach. • Weaknesses • She did not develop her own ideas • Not a person who stands in the spotlight

  13. Service Barriers • Collaboration between disciplines • Pain clinic • Mental health services to Native Americans & indigent • Nonprofit for cancer survivors • Kansas Psychological Foundation

  14. Professional Associations • Kansas Psychological Association • American Psychological Association • Asian American Psychological Association

  15. “Ultimately, we make our own discipline, which means that we have to be willing to take an active part in it and be willing to give something back to it.” A.F. Chang (1998)

  16. Summary • Family & personal challenges • Individuality • Advocacy • Involvement • “A classic scientist practitioner”

  17. “If you can do something about it, let’s do it; if you cannot, let’s put it aside” Alice. F. Chang

  18. References • APA election committee. (1998). Presidential elections. Monitor on Psychology. 29 (6). • Chang, A.F. (2000). A Survivor’s Guide to Breast Cancer. New Harbinger Publications: Oakland, CA. • Chang, A.F., Berger, S.E., Chang, B. (1981). The relationship of student self-esteem and teacher empathy to classroom learning. Journal of Human Behavior. 18 (4). 21-25. • Chang, A. F., Lloyd, C., & Powell B. J. (1979). Relationship of Different Measures of Self-Esteem to Locus of Control. Psychological Reports. 45. 160-162. • Chang, A. F., Rosenthal, T.L., Bryant, E.S. (1993). Comparing High School Students’ Leisure Interests and Stress Ratings. Behavior Research and Therapy. 31 (2). 179-184. • Citation. (1997). Alice F. Chang. American Psychologist. 52 (4). 338-340.

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