Professor Nan Zhang Hampton, Ph.D.

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Nan Zhang Hampton, Ph.D., CRC.

Scholarship

I have worked as a rehabilitation counselor in the United States and an administrator of a disabled people's organization in China for many years. My experiences in working with people with disabilities, rehabilitation professionals, and policy-makers in both China and the United States helped me understand the roles of social and economic systems, rehabilitation professionals, and individuals with disabilities in the process of total rehabilitation. These experiences also helped me develop the following beliefs:

A holistic (systemic and ecological) model is the most effective approach to rehabilitation counseling.
People's cognition and behavior are socially rooted and operate within socio-cultural influences. Individuals are both products and producers of their own environments.
Adaptation to disability is a life-long process. Rehabilitation counselors should have a life-span orientation when working with people who have disabilities and accept quality of life as the ultimate goal of rehabilitation.

These beliefs are interlinked and circular. They lay the foundation for my scholarly work.

Research Interests

Adaptation to chronic illness & disabilities
Assessment
Career development
Multicultural issues

Current Research Projects:

Quality of life of Asian elderly with disabilities in the U.S.
Construct validity of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale
Subjective well-being & people with spinal cord injuries

Publication and Presentation:

Refereed Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Monograph

Refereed Conference Presentations

Abstract, Book Review, Newsletter Articles