Title

Mental health practitioners: The relationship between white racial identity attitudes and self-reported multicultural counseling competencies

Authors

Authors

R. A. Middleton; H. A. Stadler; C. Simpson; Y. J. Guo; M. J. Brown; G. Crow; K. Schuck; Y. Alemu;A. A. Lazarte

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Couns. Dev.

Keywords

BLACK-STUDENTS; MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PROGRAMS; VALIDITY; IMPACT; SCALE; RACE; Psychology, Applied

Abstract

This study documents the relationship between White racial identity development and multicultural counseling competency (MCC) as reported by mental health practitioners. Initial results were generally consistent with J. E. Helms's (1990) construction of White racial identity attitude development theory. More sophisticated statuses of White racial identity development generally correlated with higher levels of perceived MCC. Overall, there was a significant difference in MCC reported between men and women. Among counselors, conflicting relationships were observed between some racial identity statuses and multicultural competencies (skills, relationship).

Journal Title

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volume

83

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

444

Last Page

456

WOS Identifier

WOS:000232755700007

ISSN

0748-9633

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