Ecologically Based, Culturally Concordant Responding Following Disasters: The Counseling Psychologist's Role

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1128-1159

  Spokane, Arnold R ^a   Inman, Arpana G ^a   Weatherford, Ryan D ^b   Davidson, Anju Kaduvettoor ^c   Straw, Rebecca ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

counseling psychology; culturally sensitive; disaster response; intervention strategies; professional roles; social ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053926960     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000010397933     Document Type: Article

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