Date of Award

Fall 2002

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Robin J. Lewis

Committee Member

Janis V. Sanchez-Hucles

Committee Member

H. Barry Gillen

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65 B38 2002

Abstract

African-American and European-American participants were surveyed to determine the relationship of ethnicity, ethnic identity, and type of presenting problem on preferences for counselor ethnicity. Participants indicated their preferences for counselor characteristics, including ethnicity, for personal and academic problems. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance and regression techniques. The results indicated that African American participants prefer ethnically similar counselors and all participants with high ethnic identity prefer ethnically similar counselors. The results suggested that participants prefer different characteristics for different problems. Participants indicated more willingness to seek help for academic problems. Ethnicity was a significant predictor of preference for an ethnically similar counselor for personal problems. Conclusions were that the effects of problem type and European American ethnic identity on preferences for counselor characteristics need to be studied further.

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DOI

10.25777/2ky5-s797

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