ERIC Number: EJ809273
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Sep
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0011-0035
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Using Personal Growth Groups in Multicultural Counseling Courses to Foster Students' Ethnic Identity Development
Rowell, P. Clay; Benshoff, James M.
Counselor Education and Supervision, v48 n1 p2-15 Sep 2008
This study was designed to examine the relationship between personal growth group (PGG) experiences in multicultural counseling courses and counseling students' ethnic identity development. Differences in ethnic identity development were compared between counseling students who participated in a PGG experience as part of a multicultural counseling course and those who did not. Group session impacts were also examined. Results indicated that counseling students who participated in PGGs as part of a multicultural counseling course experienced significantly greater ethnic identity development than did counseling students not participating in such groups. Recommendations for further research are provided.
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Individual Development, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnicity, Comparative Analysis, Group Experience, Student Participation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Counselors
Language: English
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