ERIC Number: EJ840920
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 37
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0011-0000
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Training Directors' Conceptualizations of the Intersections of Diversity and Trainee Competence Problems: A Preliminary Analysis
Miller, David S. Shen; Forrest, Linda; Elman, Nancy S.
Counseling Psychologist, v37 n4 p482-518 2009
Counseling psychology has demonstrated leadership on multicultural issues through serious and committed attention to diversity in scholarship, conferences, and training and recruitment. Yet a survey of the literature on trainees with competence problems resulted in limited references to race/ethnicity and/or gender (REG). Using transcripts of phone interviews, we examined the degree to which Training Directors from 14 counseling psychology doctoral programs included REG in their conceptualizations of trainee remediation. REG conceptualizations differed in terms of (a) definitional clarity and conceptual sophistication about RE, (b) differential integration of approaches to diversity and remediation, and (c) strong emotions associated with race/ethnicity in trainee remediation. Implications for training and research are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Doctoral Programs, Counselor Training, Counseling Psychology, Race, Trainees, Cultural Awareness, Counseling Effectiveness, Interviews, Gender Differences, Administrator Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Counselors
Language: English
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