Author : Brittany Nicole Beasley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (877 download)
Book Synopsis The Influences of Counselors' Race, Multicultural Counseling Competency, and Clients' Racial Identity on African Americans' Counselor Preference by : Brittany Nicole Beasley
Download or read book The Influences of Counselors' Race, Multicultural Counseling Competency, and Clients' Racial Identity on African Americans' Counselor Preference written by Brittany Nicole Beasley and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the use of an analog methodology and a factorial experimental design, the current study investigated the effects of counselors' race and multicultural competency on counselor preference for Black participants. Eighty-seven African American college students participated in an online or computer-administered study. The African American multiculturally competent counselor received significantly higher counselor effectiveness ratings than did the White multiculturally competent counselor. Also, the correlations between racial identity ideologies and counselor effectiveness were examined within each condition of race and multicultural competency. Racial Identity was measured with the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (Sellers, Rowley, Chavous, Shelton, & Smith, 1997). The findings from this study may assist counselors and researchers in understanding how potential African American clients perceive counselors based on their race and multicultural competency and how client's racial identity may affect African American clients' perceptions of counselors' effectiveness.