ERIC Number: EJ690314
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jan
Pages: 9
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1538-1927
Mentoring the Parentified Child: The Professional Development of the Latina(O) Psychologist
Chamorro, Rebeca
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, v3 n1 p64-72 Jan 2004
Psychology graduate programs actively recruit Latino students. Nonetheless, Latino students remain a minority in their classes, clinical training programs, and professions. Given the paucity of Latino faculty, Latino students are often asked early in their training to instruct others about their culture. Thus, Latino students' professional development can include premature responsibility, role reversal, and isolation. This process reenacts the syndrome of the parentified child, a situation possibly familiar to the graduate Latina(o) student's personal experience. Recommendations are proposed to attend to this process.
Descriptors: Professional Development, Hispanic American Students, Psychology, Graduate Study, Psychologists, Mental Health, Culturally Relevant Education, Higher Education
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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