Exploring the relationships between multicultural training, racial attitudes, and attributions of poverty among graduate counseling trainees

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-271

  Toporek, Rebecca L ^a   Pope Davis, Donald B ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions of poverty; Counseling; Multicultural training; Racial attitudes

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; POVERTY; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; TRAINING;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STEREOTYPING; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 24044472034     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.11.3.259     Document Type: Article

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