Farahat, Wala'a2017-06-262017-06-262017-06-26http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36210http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-20490This master thesis explores the widespread use of the concept of differentiation and related assessment tools, and whether these concepts and measurements can be reliably and validly used for second-generation Arab immigrants. This qualitative study focuses on Bowen’s concept of differentiation, and in particular using the revised version of the Differentiation of Self Inventory (DSI-R). The purpose of the study is to learn more about how second-generation Arab immigrants experience differentiation and how they perceive specific items in the DSI-R. To gather the data, interviews were conducted with 10 second-generation Arab immigrants, followed by the completion of the DSI-R. Follow up interviews were conducted based on the results of the DSI-R to better understand their experience of differentiation, as well as the scale. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed, and four meaning units were extracted from the data: decision making, connection, self, and duality. These themes will be helpful in better understanding this population’s experience of differentiation and its relevance to them, and will help inform culturally-sensitive approaches to psychotherapy.endifferentiationsecond-generationindividuationcollectiveconnectingfamilyDSI-RArab immigrantsThesis