Relationships between emotional states and White racial identity status attitudes (Helms, 1984, 1990) were tested on a sample of 286 White students. The stimulus was a vignette in which one condition involved explicit racial information and one did not. Participants rated baseline and posttest emotions and completed the White Racial Identity…

The relationship between general life stress, perceived racism, and psychological functioning was explored in a sample of 118 Black American women. Findings indicate that racism-related stress was not a significant predictor of psychological functioning when controlling for general life stress. Perceived racism was positively associated with…

The relationship between Black adult racial identity status profiles and anger expression was examined. Two profiles, Undifferentiated and Immersion-Emersion, emerged. A comparison of modes of anger expression revealed that the Immersion-Emersion dominant profile was associated with higher scores on Anger-Out and lower scores on Anger-Control.…

This investigation examined how racial identity profiles, using J. E. Helms's (1996) profile scoring procedure, were related to racist attitudes. One finding showed that participants with an undifferentiated or flat profile scored significantly higher in racist attitudes than participants with other racial identity profiles. Implications for…

In this article, a component of the Racial-Cultural Counseling Competence model is described. The Racial-Cultural Counseling Laboratory is presented to provide readers with an understanding of the cognitive, behavioral, and affective integrative approach to racial-cultural competence training. (Contains 14 references.) (Author)

Explores the relationship between white racial identity attitudes and expectations about counseling. Results indicate men and women differ in their expectations about counseling and their levels of white racial identity attitudes. There was no significant relationship between them, however. Results are examined in relation to previous findings in…

Presents an interview with Janet Helms, scholar, researcher, and mentor in multicultural counseling and psychology. In the interview, Dr. Helms reflects on her educational and professional development and addresses multiculturalism in the counseling field. (Author/CH)

Examined which aspects of counseling process, in which process was defined as participants' covert responses to one another during verbal dyadic interactions, describe different racial identity relationship types. Findings from 66 mental health workers (simulated counselors and clients) supported Helm's assumption that specific dimensions might be…

Explored whether racial identity attitudes of African-American college students were predictive of psychological functioning measured as self-reported psychological symptomatology. Administered Racial Identity Attitude Scale, Bell Global Psychopathology Scale, and personal data sheet to 95 African-American college students. Findings suggest that…