Effects of speech accents on interpersonal evaluations: Implications for counseling practice and research

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 346-356

  Fuertes, Jairo N ^a   Potere, Jodi C ^a   Ramirez, Karen Y ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Interpersonal evaluations; Multicultural; Speech accents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COUNSELING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMIGRANT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036828022     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.8.4.347     Document Type: Article

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