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Article: Attrition after intake at a university counseling center: relationship among client race, problem type, and time on a waiting list.(Research)
- Article from:
- Journal of College Counseling
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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The present study examined the relationship between attrition after intake and the length of time that clients spent on a waiting list by client race and problem type. Participants were 1,461 clients who completed an initial intake evaluation at a large, Mid-Atlantic counseling center over a 6-year period. Fullfactorial hierarchical logistic regression analyses revealed that African American clients were less likely to return for counseling than were European American clients, regardless of the problem type.
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A Challenge all too familiar for staff at university counseling centers is meeting the demand for services in an appropriate and timely ...