Counseling services for Asian, Latino/a, and White American students: Initial severity, session attendance, and outcome.

JE Kim, SS Park, A La, J Chang… - Cultural Diversity and …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
JE Kim, SS Park, A La, J Chang, N Zane
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2016psycnet.apa.org
Objective: The current study examined racial/ethnic differences in initial severity, session
attendance, and counseling outcomes in a large and diverse sample of Asian American,
Latino/a, and White student clients who utilized university counseling services between
2008 and 2012. Method: We used archival data of 5,472 clients (62% female; M age= 23.1,
SD= 4.3) who self-identified their race/ethnicity as being Asian American (38.9%), Latino/a
(14.9%), or White (46.2%). Treatment engagement was measured by the number of …
Objective
The current study examined racial/ethnic differences in initial severity, session attendance, and counseling outcomes in a large and diverse sample of Asian American, Latino/a, and White student clients who utilized university counseling services between 2008 and 2012.
Method
We used archival data of 5,472 clients (62% female; M age= 23.1, SD= 4.3) who self-identified their race/ethnicity as being Asian American (38.9%), Latino/a (14.9%), or White (46.2%). Treatment engagement was measured by the number of counseling sessions attended; initial severity and treatment outcome were measured using the Outcome Questionnaire-45.
Results
Asian American clients, particularly Chinese, Filipino/a, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans, had greater initial severity compared with White clients. Asian Indian, Korean, and Vietnamese American clients used significantly fewer sessions of counseling than White clients after controlling for initial severity. All racial/ethnic minority groups continued to have clinically significant distress in certain areas (eg, social role functioning) at counseling termination.
Conclusions
These findings highlight the need to devote greater attention to the counseling experiences of racial/ethnic minority clients, especially certain Asian American groups. Further research directions are provided.
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