Native Hawaiian preferences for counselor characteristics : an application of the Bradley-Terry-Luce model for paired comparison data
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the preferences of Native Hawaiian college students for an ethnically matched counselor, i.e., a counselor who is also Native Hawaiian. This study investigated whether or not Native Hawaiian students prefer to be: (1) matched with a Native Hawaiian counselor (i.e., by ethnicity) and/ or (2) matched by attitudes and (i.e., worldview); and/or (3) matched with other counselor characteristics, such as age, sex, socio-economic background, or personality when participating in counseling to solve personal and academic problems. The instrument used in this study (Native Hawaiian Counselor Preference Survey (NHCPS) was adapted from an instrument used by Atkinson, Wampold, Lowe, Matthews and Ahn (1998). The instrument employs a paired comparison statistical procedure originally proposed by Bradley and Terry (1952). The original questionnaire used by Atkinson, et al. was adapted in the following ways: (1) new demographic data was collected (first generation in college, college major, college location); (2) previous experiences with seeing different types of counselors were queried (religious, spiritual and cultural counseling); (3) types of problems for seeing a counselor were exchanged and separated (personal and academic for personal and career); (4) Likert scale measurements of the willingness of Native Hawaiians to see a counselor for problem types were included; (5) simplified Likert scale measurements of ethnic and cultural identity were developed; and (6) new open-ended data (written problem statements, other reasons for seeing a counselor) were solicited. Results of this study indicated, that as a categorical variable, similar attitudes and values is preferred for both personal and academic problems. Preferences for counselor
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W174852612