Recently added articles from Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development:
The appropriateness of using three measures of self-beliefs with European American, Latino/a, and Native American college freshmen.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The authors investigated the psychometric appropriateness of the Valuing/ Commitment to Education scale (A. M. Gloria, 1993), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (M. Rosenberg, 1965), and the Educational Self-Efficacy Scale (A. M. Gloria, 1993) for use with European American, Latina/o, and ...
Asian and European American cultural values, bicultural competence, and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help among Asian American adolescents.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The authors examined the extent to which Asian American adolescents who were living in Hawaii adhered to Asian and European American cultural values in relation to mental health variables including collective self-esteem (membership, private, public, importance to identity), cognitive ...
An analysis of content and instructional strategies in multicultural counseling courses.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The authors present a content analysis of syllabi from introductory multicultural counseling training (MCT) courses. Results suggest that these courses focus on knowledge of other cultural groups, emphasize the cultural identity exploration of the student at a lower level of training, and ...
Lived experience of interracial dialogue on race: proclivity to participate.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The author conducted a qualitative inquiry of individuals' proclivity to participate in interracial dialogues. Lived experience of 20 participants in a race study circle yielded the overarching themes of education, self-reflection, advanced empathy, moral consciousness, universality, ...
A cross-cultural study of anxiety among Chinese and Caucasian American university students.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; ... This study investigated the cross-cultural differences on state, trait, and social anxiety between Chinese and Caucasian American university students. Chinese students reported higher levels of social anxiety than did Caucasian American students. Correlations between trait and state ...
White middle-class privilege: social class bias and implications for training and practice.(Case study)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Social class, classism, and privilege and their relationship to counseling have been given insufficient attention. This article defines and explores White middle-class privilege; it proffers support for its integration in a multicultural competency, as well as its intersection with race ...
Understanding the mental health needs of American Muslims: recommendations and considerations for practice.(Report)
Oct 01, 2007; ... American Muslims represent a heterogeneous population that is underserved by the mental health community, despite increased psychological distress reported since 9/11. This article offers professionals an understanding of the mental health needs of American Muslims. Recommendations for ...
Experiences of prejudice, role difficulties, and counseling self-efficacy among U.S. racial and ethnic minority supervisees working with White supervisors.(Report)
Oct 01, 2007; ... This study explored supervision experiences in 69 U.S. racial/ethnic minority supervisees working with White supervisors. The results demonstrated that perceived prejudice was associated with role ambiguity and role conflict in supervision, suggesting that supervision may not occur in ...
Latina mothers' perceptions of mental health and mental health promotion.(Report)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Latina mothers' perceptions of mental health and factors that promote/restore mental health were explored in this qualitative study. Participants discussed the importance of community, safety, and financial stability in addition to conventional factors that are related to mental health ....
The influence of multicultural training on perceived multicultural counseling competencies and implicit racial prejudice.(Report)
Oct 01, 2007; ... This study examined the impact of multicultural training on multicultural counseling competencies and implicit racial prejudice. Results of a multilevel modeling analysis showed that only the multicultural counseling course was related to a decrease in implicit racial prejudice and an ...