Training Directors' Conceptualizations of the Intersections of Diversity and Trainee Competence Problems: A Preliminary Analysis

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 482-518

  Shen Miller, David S ^a   Forrest, Linda ^a   Elman, Nancy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

competence problems; diversity; gatekeeping; trainee impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249167153     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000008316656     Document Type: Article

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