Arab and Israeli Counseling Trainees: A Comparison of Ethnically Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups

Group Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-95

  Shechtman, Zipora ^a   Goldberg, Alon ^a   Cariani, Rania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

group counseling; heterogeneous and homogeneous groups; multicultural counseling

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949129744     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.12.2.85     Document Type: Article

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