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Examining The Relationship Between Racial/Ethnic Minority Students' Learning Experiences And Their Choice Of Psychology Specialty: Implications For Minority Recruitment In School Psychology, Joel Omar Bocanegra
Examining The Relationship Between Racial/Ethnic Minority Students' Learning Experiences And Their Choice Of Psychology Specialty: Implications For Minority Recruitment In School Psychology, Joel Omar Bocanegra
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Racial/ethnic minorities have historically been underrepresented within the profession of school psychology. An increase in minorities within the field of school psychology has been forwarded as a way to improve the service provision to the nation's racial/ethnic minority student population. Unfortunately, trainers within school psychology have struggled to recruit minority graduate students, with the most recent demographic survey of the field suggesting that racial/ethnic minorities comprise 9.3% of school-based practitioners (Curtis, Castillo, & Gelley, 2012). Furthermore, research has indicated that school psychology training programs have also lagged behind counseling and clinical psychology training programs in the recruitment of minority students …
Resiliency Factors Among Transgender People Of Color, Maureen Grace White
Resiliency Factors Among Transgender People Of Color, Maureen Grace White
Theses and Dissertations
Much of the research on transgender individuals has been geared towards identifying risk factors including suicide, HIV, and poverty. Little to no research has been conducted on resiliency factors within the transgender community. The few research studies that have focused on transgender individuals have made little or no reference to transgender people of color. This study utilized the Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) approach to examine resiliency factors among eleven transgender people of color. The data analysis process yielded a total of eleven domains including: (1) Adverse Conditions, (2) Coping Mechanisms, (3) Support, (4) Community Resources, (5) Perceptions of the LGBT …