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Worldviews of Women: Comparisons Between White American Clients, White American Counselors, and Chinese International Students
Author(s) -
Ihle Gail M.,
Sodowsky Gargi Roysircar,
Kwan KwongLiem
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1996.tb01870.x
Subject(s) - white (mutation) , chinese americans , multiculturalism , marital status , psychology , ethnic group , asian americans , mainland china , cross cultural , mainland , gender studies , china , sociology , pedagogy , political science , demography , history , anthropology , biochemistry , chemistry , population , archaeology , law , gene
Worldviews of White American women clients, White American women counselors, and Chinese international women students were surveyed. Multivariate planned comparisons showed significant differences between (a) White American clients and White American counselors and (b) Chinese international students and White American counselors. Income was a significant predictor of worldviews for White American clients. Age and marital status contributed strongly to the worldviews of White American counselors. Among the Chinese students, the Taiwanese and the Mainland Chinese held significantly different worldviews. Worldviews of women are discussed from feminist as well as cross‐cultural perspectives. Future directions for practice, research. and theory are suggested regarding the multicultural counseling process with clients of different worldview orientations.