Counselor Bilingual Ability, Counselor Ethnicity, Acculturation, and Mexican Americans' Perceived Counselor Credibility
✍ Scribed by Lucila Ramos-Sánchez
- Book ID
- 102284245
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1556-6678
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✦ Synopsis
This study examined the effects of counselor bilingual ability and counselor ethnicity on client‐perceived counselor credibility and cultural competence. Participants were assigned to 1 of 4 treatment conditions created by crossing counselor ethnicity with counselor language. No significant differences were found. Regarding rank ordering of the conditions, the European American bilingual counselor was perceived to be more culturally competent than were the Mexican American bilingual counselors. Findings underscore the importance of bilingualism for European American counselors when working with bilingual Mexican American clients.