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Religious Identity and Cultural Diversity: Exploring the Relationships Between Religious Identity, Sexism, Homophobia, and Multicultural Competence
Author(s) -
Balkin Richard S.,
Schlosser Lewis Z.,
Levitt Dana Heller
Publication year - 2009
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.1556-6678.2009.tb00126.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , religious identity , competence (human resources) , cultural competence , psychology , social psychology , identity (music) , cultural identity , gender studies , diversity (politics) , sociology , cultural diversity , pedagogy , anthropology , feeling , physics , acoustics , religiosity
In this article, the authors present the results from a national study investigating the relationships between religious identity, sexism, homophobia, and multicultural competence. Participants were 111 randomly sampled counseling professionals and graduate students. The results indicated a relationship between religious identity and various aspects of valuing cultural diversity, including sexism, homophobia, and multicultural competence. Implications of the role of religion and religious identity in counseling are discussed, and suggestions for future research are provided.