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Researching Ethnic Family Stereotypes
Author(s) -
McGOLDRICK MONICA,
ROHRBAUGH MICHAEL
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1987.00089.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , psychology , family therapy , mental health , replication (statistics) , social psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , sociology , anthropology , virology
Ethnic stereotypes in the family therapy literature make intuitive sense, but are based on surprisingly little empirical data. In a questionnaire survey of the family experiences of 220 mental health professionals representing eight American ethnic groups, most items differentiated the groups as predicted. A smaller, partial replication study comparing samples from Holland, Ireland, and North America found fewer discriminating items, but the differences that did appear were again as predicted. Implications for therapy and research with ethnic families are discussed.