The Relationship Between Level of Training, Implicit Bias, and Multicultural Competency Among Counselor Trainees

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-110

  Boysen, Guy A ^a   Vogel, David L ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

implicit attitudes; implicit bias; multicultural competency; multicultural training

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349115073     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3918.2.2.103     Document Type: Article

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