To investigate how the culturalist perspective on investigating racial group differences in standardized cognitive ability tests has advanced, a content analysis of 28 studies citing J. E. Helms (1992) identified 7 general themes. Overall, researchers cited J. E. Helms (1992) as support for their own hypotheses but did not directly test the…

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…

The authors discuss the highlights of the 1st annual Diversity Challenge held at Boston College. The Challenge's general focus was preparing educators to cope with the resistances encountered when they teach about race and ethnic culture. Provides an overview of the proceedings, summarizes themes of presentations and articles selected, and offers…

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…