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Steward, Robbie J.; Wright, Doris J. – 1996
Research in multicultural literature addressing the dynamics among Whites have primarily addressed counselor-client dyads. This study examines how training in multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills influences the evaluation of White counselors' multicultural counseling competence. Fifty-four White Americans enrolled in American…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Training
Steward, Robbie J.; Borgers, Sherry; Jo, Hanik; Chambers, Tara; Brown, Nikki – 1998
The acquisition of culture-specific knowledge through reading and/or experience is an important component of cross-cultural counseling education. This study explores the relationship between counselor trainees' culture specific knowledge and their ability to empathize in general. It would seem reasonable to assume that those who belong to a…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training
Steward, Robbie J.; Jo, Hanik; Roberts, Amber – 1998
Multicultural empathy has been recognized as an important factor in successfully treating ethnic minority clients. A study detailing the relationship between White counselor trainees' general ability to empathize and their ability to interact comfortably outside their culture of origin is described in this paper. Thirty-three counselor trainees…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training, Counselors
Steward, Robbie J.; Jackson, James; Neil, Douglas; Jo, Hanik; Nehring, Sarah; Grondin, Kelly – 1998
Empathy has been defined as the single most important dimension in establishing a counseling relationship. This paper describes a study that compares counselor trainees' and a general population of African American males' empathy ratings of racially mixed videotaped counseling sessions. The report addresses the following questions: "Do…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Blacks, Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness
Steward, Robbie J.; And Others – 1994
As more Anglo trainees choose multicultural counseling as a specialty area, a closer examination of white on white professional activity would appear imperative. Researchers mailed questionnaires to 48 counseling psychology students in a graduate-level program at a Midwestern university. The surveys requested a general description of trainees'…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Psychology, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training