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The Influence of Culture, Self‐Reported Multicultural Counseling Competence, and Shifting Standards of Judgment on Perceptions of Family Functioning of White Family Counselors
Author(s) -
Gushue George V.,
Constantine Madonna G.,
Sciarra Daniel T.
Publication year - 2008
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.1556-6678.2008.tb00629.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , perception , psychology , competence (human resources) , white (mutation) , cultural competence , social psychology , clinical psychology , pedagogy , biochemistry , chemistry , neuroscience , gene
This study examines the perceptions of 163 White family counselors who reported their overall impressions of family functioning in response to a fictitious case report. On the intake summary, the family was identified as either Latino or White. Aside from the names used for family members, the cases were identical. Participants assigned significantly higher (i.e., healthier) ratings to the Latino family as compared with the White family. However, this effect was moderated by self‐reported multicultural counseling knowledge and awareness. Implications of the findings are discussed.