White Therapists' Differing Perceptions of Black and White Adolescents

• Published in: Adolescence Vol. 28; no. 110; pp. 281 - 289
• Main Author: Martin, Todd W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Roslyn Heights, NY Libra Publishers 01.07.1993; Libra Publishers Incorporated
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; African Americans - psychology; Attitude of Health Personnel; Behavior; Behaviour; Biological and medical sciences; Black White Differences; Blacks; Client Characteristics (Human Services); Client Relations; Counseling; Counselor Attitudes; Dropout Rate; European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology; Humans; Juvenile Delinquency - psychology; Juvenile Delinquency - rehabilitation; Male; Medical sciences; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - psychology; Minority Groups; Perceptions; Personality Assessment; Personality Development; Practitioner Patient Relationship; Prejudice; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychotherapists; Psychotherapy; Race; Race Relations; Racial differences; Resistance (Psychology); Social Environment; Social research; Teenagers; Therapeutical relation and framework; Therapists; Treatments; Whites; Human; Social environment; Social perception; Attitude; Negroid; Therapeutic relation; Social interaction; Cultural environment; Minority; Adolescent; Race; Caucasoid; Psychotherapist; Therapeutic role
• ISSN: 0001-8449

Examined therapists' perceptions of behaviors of African-American and white adolescents. Twenty psychotherapists received scenario involving white adolescent; 20 received identical scenario involving African-American adolescent. Therapists rated clinical significance of scenario behaviors. Behaviors of African-American adolescent were rated overall as less clinically significant than behaviors of white adolescent. (Author/NB)