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Mental Health Practitioners: The Relationship Between White Racial Identity Attitudes and Self‐Reported Multicultural Counseling Competencies
Author(s) -
Middleton Renée A.,
Stadler Holly A.,
Simpson Carol,
Guo YuhJen,
Brown Michele J.,
Crow Germayne,
Schuck Kelly,
Alemu Yared,
Lazarte Alejandro A.
Publication year - 2005
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.1556-6678.2005.tb00366.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , identity (music) , white (mutation) , mental health , psychology , ethnic group , clinical psychology , social psychology , sociology , psychotherapist , pedagogy , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , anthropology , acoustics , gene
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).