Mental health practitioners: The relationship between white racial identity attitudes and self-reported multicultural counseling competencies

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 444-456

  Middleton, Renée A ^a   Stadler, Holly A ^a   Simpson, Carol ^a   Guo, Yuh Jen ^a,b   Brown, Michele J ^a,c   Crow, Germayne ^a,d   Schuck, Kelly ^a,e   Alemu, Yared ^a,f,g   Lazarte, Alejandro A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Children   (United States)

^c Community Agency ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Corporate Psychology Resources ^*  (United States)

^f University Health Center

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 27844506033     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2005.tb00366.x     Document Type: Review

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