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Building Ego and Racial Identity: Preliminary Perspectives on Counselors-in-Training

✍ Scribed by Sherry K. Watt; Tracy L. Robinson; Helen Lupton-Smith

Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 158 KB
Volume: 80
Category: Article
ISSN: 1556-6678
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2002.tb00171.x

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✦ Synopsis

Loevinger's (J. Loevinger & R. Wessler, 1976) Washington Sentence Completion Test of ego development and Black and White versions of the Racial Identity Attitude Scale (J. E. Helms & R. T. Carter, 1990; T. A. Parham & J. E. Helms, 1981) were administered to 38 graduate students at the beginning, middle, and end of their counseling program. All 3 counseling tracks were included in the research: community agency, school counseling, and student development. Preliminary perspectives are discussed as well as implications for counselor education programs and future research.

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