In a study of the influence of ethnicity on the counseling relationship, coethnicity is examined as a condition which could alter the degree of rapport between counselor and client. The results are interpreted in the light of implications for practicing counselors. Directions for further research are recommended. (Author/GC)

Surveyed 73 American Indian and 81 white college students to determine preferences for counselor characteristics when facing academic or personal problems. Found both groups most preferred counselor with similar attitudes and values. Similar ethnicity appeared more important to American Indian students. Dissimilar characteristics were consistently…

This study surveyed 133 counselors-in-training (graduate students) on their perceptions of African American/Black, Hispanic, and White males and females in a teen pregnancy situation depicted in videotaped dramatizations. Overall, females were perceived as more likeable than were males. Respondents were less likely to encourage the Hispanic male…