Application to graduate psychology programs by undergraduate students of color: the impact of a research training program.
The top 86 students were selected from a pool of approximately 400 applicants to a summer clinical psychology research training program for undergraduate students of color. Forty-three of the students were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 clinical psychology research training programs, and 43 were randomly assigned to a control condition without training. The multicultural version of the training program emphasized the cultural context of psychology in all areas of training, whereas cultural context was de-emphasized in the monocultural version of the program. Although the cultural content of the 2 training programs was effectively manipulated as indicated by a fidelity check by an outside expert, there were no significant differences between the effects of the 2 programs on the outcomes measured in this study. The primary differences in this study were between students who did versus those who did not participate in a training program. Sixty-five percent of the students who completed the multicultural training program applied to graduate schools in psychology, compared with 47% of those who completed the monocultural training program, and 31% of those in the control group. Participation in summer research training programs also increased self-perceptions of multicultural competence.
Hall
Gordon C Nagayama
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Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA. gnhall@uoregon.edu
Allard
Carolyn B
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D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D001213:Asian / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D001364:Awareness; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011584:Psychology / Q000193:education*; D012570:School Admission Criteria / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012931:Social Environment; D055815:Young Adult