Counselor Education Students' Perceptions of Wellness and Mental Health in African American Men
Counselor Education Students' Perceptions of Wellness and Mental Health in African American Men

Author: Tiffany R. Hairston

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Published: 2016

Total Pages: 103

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This quantitative study was conducted to explore colorism and the clinical judgment of counselor education masters' students. There was 155 total master's level student counselors surveyed using the Diagnostic and Prognostic Rating form and the Perceived Wellness Survey with one removed due to only completing the demographic information. Participants were asked to answer questions about case information and photo attached to each survey which were randomly assigned to one of 4 digitally manipulated photos of an African American male. This study sought to determine the degree colorism influences, if at all, Masters' level counseling students' clinical judgment of a client case example's mental health and wellness. Using a one-way ANOVA, researchers analyzed scores from all instruments finding no significant differences in counseling students' clinical judgment on mental health and wellness across four skin tones. Future research should explore other methods to represent the general population including qualitative methods, advanced digital manipulation of photographs, and using actual people instead of photographs to enhance further studies involving colorism.

Race and Student's Perception of School Counseling
Race and Student's Perception of School Counseling

Author: Nicole Little

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Published: 2015

Total Pages: 20

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In the United States there is still a race gap in education. Black students tend to perform less well in school on standardized tests and grades. Many black students come from low income families and do not have the same resources as middle and upper class Caucasian students. High school counselors can assist in providing support to these students by referring them to tutoring, giving them college and career advice, assisting them in applying for scholarships and to colleges. This study looks at how Black and White students feel about their high counseling experience. This research examined the Monitoring The Future study. Two thousand three hundred and thirty seven high school students were surveyed across the United States. This study found that in general African-American students are more likely to request high school counseling compared to their White counterparts. In addition, that African-American students are more likely to find counseling more helpful than white students. School counselors can help close the racial gap in education.

The Influences of Counselors' Race, Multicultural Counseling Competency, and Clients' Racial Identity on African Americans' Counselor Preference
The Influences of Counselors' Race, Multicultural Counseling Competency, and Clients' Racial Identity on African Americans' Counselor Preference

Author: Brittany Nicole Beasley

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Published: 2013

Total Pages: 246

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Through the use of an analog methodology and a factorial experimental design, the current study investigated the effects of counselors' race and multicultural competency on counselor preference for Black participants. Eighty-seven African American college students participated in an online or computer-administered study. The African American multiculturally competent counselor received significantly higher counselor effectiveness ratings than did the White multiculturally competent counselor. Also, the correlations between racial identity ideologies and counselor effectiveness were examined within each condition of race and multicultural competency. Racial Identity was measured with the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (Sellers, Rowley, Chavous, Shelton, & Smith, 1997). The findings from this study may assist counselors and researchers in understanding how potential African American clients perceive counselors based on their race and multicultural competency and how client's racial identity may affect African American clients' perceptions of counselors' effectiveness.