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Counselor Education Students’ Perceptions of Wellness and Mental Health in African American Men: The Effects of Colorism

Hairston, Tiffany R

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Counselor Education and Supervision.
This quantitative study was conducted to explore colorism and the clinical judgement of counselor education masters’ students. There was 155 total master’s level student counselors surveyed using the Diagnostic and Prognostic Rating form and the Perceived Wellness Survey with one removed due to only completing the demographic information. Participants were asked to answer questions about case information and photo attached to each survey which were randomly assigned to one of 4 digitally manipulated photos of an African American male. This study sought to determine the degree colorism influences, if at all, Masters’ level counseling students’ clinical judgement of a client case example’s mental health and wellness. Using a one-way ANOVA, researchers analyzed scores from all instruments finding no significant differences in counseling students’ clinical judgement on mental health and wellness across four skin tones. Future research should explore other methods to represent the general population including qualitative methods, advanced digital manipulation of photographs, and using actual people instead of photographs to enhance further studies involving colorism.
John Laux, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Caroline O'Hara, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Christopher Roseman, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Shanda Gore, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
113 p.

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  • Hairston, T. R. (2016). Counselor Education Students’ Perceptions of Wellness and Mental Health in African American Men: The Effects of Colorism [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1463059743

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hairston, Tiffany. Counselor Education Students’ Perceptions of Wellness and Mental Health in African American Men: The Effects of Colorism. 2016. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1463059743.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hairston, Tiffany. "Counselor Education Students’ Perceptions of Wellness and Mental Health in African American Men: The Effects of Colorism." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1463059743

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)