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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

client-therapist ethnic matching, multi-cultural psychology, client outcomes, mental health treatment

College

David O. McKay School of Education

Department

Counseling Psychology and Special Education

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to conduct a meta-analysis of past and current psychological studies in order to assess what trends have occurred within the field of multi-cultural psychology in regards to the effect on client outcomes through matching clients and therapists based on race or ethnicity. A meta-analysis is the study of the results of other studies. Articles and manuscripts are collected and the data from within is analyzed and converted to a standard statistic, allowing for an overall look at what the collection of data implies. Positive client outcomes were defined in this study as a decrease in symptoms or a higher Global Assessment Functioning (GAF) score after treatment with a matched therapist-client dyad. The field of psychology needs to attend to racial and ethnic factors that affect mental health treatment and through this meta-analysis the researchers have endeavored to further knowledge in this area.

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