Journal article
Examining Racial Microaggressions in Group Therapy and the Buffering Role of Members' Perceptions of Their Group's Multicultural Orientation
Journal of counseling psychology, Vol.68(5), pp.621-628
10/01/2021
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000531
PMID: 33090872
Abstract
Microaggressions have been found to occur at high rates within individual therapeutic dyads, and negatively impact therapeutic processes and outcomes for clients. However, there has been limited attention to the occurrence and impact of racial microaggressions in a group therapy context. Therefore, this study sought to examine the occurrence and impact of racial microaggressions on clients' perceptions of group cohesion and improvement in group therapy, as well as the buffering role of members' perceptions of their group's multicultural orientation (MCO) on the impact of racial microaggressions. Data for this study consisted of 71 racialletluuic minority (REM) clients across 38 interpersonal process therapy groups. Results indicated that 72% of participants reported experiencing at least 1 racial microaggression over the course of their group therapy experience. Contrary to our hypothesis. racial microaggressions were not associated with member's perceptions of group cohesion or improvement. However, results indicated that REM members' experiences of racial microaggressions had a stronger negative effect on their perceptions of group cohesion in groups with perceived low cultural comfort. This study documents the high prevalence of racial microaggressions in group therapy and the effect of the group's MCO on the relationship between racial microaggressions and REM members' perceptions of group cohesion.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Examining Racial Microaggressions in Group Therapy and the Buffering Role of Members' Perceptions of Their Group's Multicultural Orientation
- Creators
- D. Martin Kivlighan - University of IowaAdriana G. Swancy - University of IowaEnrique Smith - University of IowaCourtney Brennaman - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of counseling psychology, Vol.68(5), pp.621-628
- DOI
- 10.1037/cou0000531
- PMID
- 33090872
- NLM abbreviation
- J Couns Psychol
- ISSN
- 0022-0167
- eISSN
- 1939-2168
- Publisher
- Amer Psychological Assoc
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Anesthesia; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359569002771
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