The Relationship of Acculturation and Gender to Attitudes toward Counseling in Italian and Greek American College Students.

Ponterotto, Joseph G.; Rao, Vincent; Zweig, Julie; Rieger, Brian P.; Schaefer, Kristin; Michelakou, Sophie; Armenia, Carolyn; Goldstein, Harold

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Publication Date: 2001

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The Relationship of Acculturation and Gender to Attitudes toward Counseling in Italian and Greek American College Students.

Ponterotto, Joseph G.; Rao, Vincent; Zweig, Julie; Rieger, Brian P.; Schaefer, Kristin; Michelakou, Sophie; Armenia, Carolyn; Goldstein, Harold

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, v7 n4 p362-75 Nov 2001

Attitudes towards receiving professional services were measured among Italian American and Greek American college students (N=232) attending schools in the Northeast. Italian American women had greater recognition of the need for help and increased confidence in counseling than the men did. Greek women were also more willing to seek counseling. Lower acculturated groups preferred services from an ethnically similar counselor. (JDM)

Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship, Ethnic Groups, Greek Americans, Help Seeking, Higher Education, Italian Americans, Sex Differences

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Language: English

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