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This book presents the major theories of black and white racial identity. Moreover, theoretical perspectives that were originally developed to describe social fomentation have been updated and expanded to explain the role of racial identity in counseling dyads, social relationships, and groups.

Table of Contents

Preface Theory and Measurement of Racial Identity Introduction: Review of Racial Identity Terminology An Overview of Black Racial Identity Theory The Measurement of Black Racial Identity Attitudes Toward a Model of White Racial Identity Development Development of the White Racial Identity Inventory Psychological Correlates of Racial Identity The Beginnings of a Diagnostic Model of Racial Identity White Racial Identity Attitudes and Cultural Values The Relationship between Black Racial Identity Attitudes and Cognitive Styles Practical Applications of Racial Identity Theory Counseling Attitudinal and Behavioral Predispositions: The Black/White Interaction Model Does Race or Racial Identity Attitudes Influence the Counseling Process in Black and White Dyads? Black Racial Identity Attitudes and White Therapist Cultural Sensitivity in Cross-Racial Therapy Dyads: An Exploratory Study Applying the Interaction Model to Social Dyads Generalizing Racial Identity Interaction Theory to Groups Interventions for Promoting Better Racial Identity Development Appendices Author Index Subject Index

About the Author

JANET E. HELMS is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland and Fellow in Divisions 17 (Counseling Psychology) and 45 (Ethnic Diversity) of the American Psychological Society. She is an affiliate of the Counseling Center at the University of Maryland and is a licensed psychologist and private practitioner in Maryland and Washington D. C. She has authored many empirical and theoretical articles and book chapters on the topics of personality assessment and racial identity in the therapy process.

Reviews

?Viewing race from a psychological perspective, this book presents a racial identity model for both understanding and treating the behavior of blacks and whites.?-Readings

"Viewing race from a psychological perspective, this book presents a racial identity model for both understanding and treating the behavior of blacks and whites."-Readings