Understanding the psychological processes of the racial match effect in asian americans

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-345

  Meyer, Oanh ^a   Zane, Nolan ^a   Cho, Young Il ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Asian americans; Credibility; Racial match; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; COUNSELING; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; COUNSELING; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960344992     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023605     Document Type: Article

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