Race of counselor, client sex, cultural mistrust level, and premature termination from counseling among Black clients

Administered an inventory designed to assess the extent to which they trusted White people to 135 27-41 yr old Black clients as they visited a community mental health center for the 1st time. Equal numbers of Ss were assigned to a Black and White counselor for an intake interview. Analyses of counse...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 1984-07, Vol.31 (3), p.371-375
Main Authors: Terrell, Francis, Terrell, Sandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Black People
Client Characteristics
Counselor Characteristics
Human
Human Sex Differences
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Racial and Ethnic Differences
Treatment Dropouts
Treatments
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Summary:Administered an inventory designed to assess the extent to which they trusted White people to 135 27-41 yr old Black clients as they visited a community mental health center for the 1st time. Equal numbers of Ss were assigned to a Black and White counselor for an intake interview. Analyses of counselor's race, mistrust level, and Ss' sex in relationship to premature termination of counseling showed that significant percentages of shared variance were found for counselors' race and trust level. It is suggested that Black clients who are distrustful of White people should be seen by a Black counselor, at least initially. (14 ref)
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.31.3.371