Counseling Expectations Among Students in an Opportunity Program: Dispositional and Cultural Influences |
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| Authors: | Greta Winograd Georgiana Shick Tryon |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Educational Psychology Program, City University of New York Graduate School and University Center;2. Department of Psychology, State University of New York at New Paltz |
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| Abstract: | College students (N = 102) from African American and Latino backgrounds who participated in an opportunity program completed H. E. A. Tinsley's (1982) Expectations About Counseling‐Brief Form (EAC‐B) and measures of self‐esteem, attributional style, problem‐solving appraisal, acculturation, and cultural congruity. Lower self‐esteem and a more depressive attributional style were linked to lower counseling expectations. All 3 dispositional variables were more strongly related to counseling expectations among students reporting higher levels of immersion in their ethnic group of origin. Implications for help‐seeking and the counseling relationship are discussed. |
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