Journal article
Attending to the intersectionality and saliency of clients' identities: A further investigation of therapists' multicultural orientation
Journal of counseling psychology, Vol.68(2), pp.139-148
03/2021
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000447
PMID: 33090873
Abstract
Psychotherapy clients often hold multiple and varied cultural identities, and it is important for therapists to attend to the intersectionality of clients' cultural identities, as well as the saliency of these identities. However, to date, few studies have considered the saliency of clients' multiple identities and how this may impact clients' perceptions of cultural processes in therapy. Therefore, this study utilized polynomial regression and response surface analysis to operationalize and examine congruent and discrepant effects between the saliency of clients' multiple identities and their perceptions of their therapists' cultural humility and cultural missed opportunities. Data for this study consisted of 87 clients who received individual counseling services at either a university counseling center or training clinic at two large universities in the United States. As hypothesized, results indicated significant discrepant effects between the saliency of clients' first and second most important cultural identities and perceptions of their therapists' cultural humility and cultural missed opportunities. Specifically, clients' ratings of their therapist's cultural missed opportunities were lowest when they reported either a) high saliency of cultural identity one and low saliency of cultural identity two, or b) low saliency of cultural identity one and high saliency of cultural identity two. Similarly, clients' ratings of their therapist's cultural humility were highest when they reported either a) high saliency of cultural identity one and low saliency of cultural identity two, or b) low saliency of cultural identity one and high saliency of cultural identity two. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Attending to the intersectionality and saliency of clients' identities: A further investigation of therapists' multicultural orientation
- Creators
- Christopher Anders - University of IowaD Martin Kivlighan - University of IowaEmma Porter - University of DenverDebbiesiu Lee - Miami UniversityJesse Owen - University of Denver
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of counseling psychology, Vol.68(2), pp.139-148
- DOI
- 10.1037/cou0000447
- PMID
- 33090873
- NLM abbreviation
- J Couns Psychol
- ISSN
- 0022-0167
- eISSN
- 1939-2168
- Publisher
- Amer Psychological Assoc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2021
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359806002771
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