This study reports on the differential effects of cultural background and permanence of relocation on the expectations of counseling, the kinds of support sought when approaching a counselor, and the acculturation attitudes among 219 international students from English‐speaking countries and the for
Exploring Relational and Individualistic Counseling Preferences of Culturally Diverse College Students
✍ Scribed by Theresa Odenweller Lewis; Carolyn M. Tucker
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 701 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1099-0399
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✦ Synopsis
This exploratory study examined the influence of gender and ethnicity on college student preferences for individualistic vs. relational‐focused counseling approaches. Overall, the results did not demonstrate significant differences across gender and ethnicity. However, there was a small tendency for women and African American participants to rate the counselor conducting the relational‐focused counseling approach more positively than did men and White participants, respectively.
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