Impacts of Racial and Gender Identities on Individuals' Intentions to Seek a Counselor.

Autor: Rw R; Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, USA., Joyce N; University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking [Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw] 2024 Dec; Vol. 27 (12), pp. 948-953. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 04.
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2023.0521
Abstrakt: To understand the theoretical impact of racial and gender identities on counselor selection, an online experiment was conducted with 527 participants in which both the race and gender of a perspective counselor's online profile were manipulated. Results showed that participants had a higher intention to seek counseling when the counselor was from the same racial and/or gender group. These preferences existed above and beyond other identity-based evaluative metrics, such as those tied to group stereotypes (e.g., warmth and competence). The results advocate for the development and evaluation of culturally tailored digital health interventions and underscore the importance of further formative research in this area to enhance the accessibility and effectiveness of healthcare resources for all.
Databáze: MEDLINE