Coping attitudes, sources, and practices among Black and Latino college students.
We investigated 130 Black and Latino college students regarding their concerns, attitudes toward professional counseling, sources of support, and coping activities. We found that the Black and Latino cultural emphasis on interdependence influenced attitudes toward using professional resources such as a counselor. We also found a significant two-way interaction between gender and race for attitudes toward professional counseling: Black males had less favorable attitudes in comparison to Black females, while Latino males had more favorable attitudes than did Latino females. Both Black and Latino college students had favorable attitudes toward informal support networks. Differences between Black and Latino college students were found for reported concerns and coping sources. Implications for counseling theory, practice, and research are discussed.
Chiang
Lillian
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Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
Hunter
Carla D
CD
Yeh
Christine J
CJ
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001290:Attitude; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires