TY - JOUR
T1 - Allies for Life? Lessons from White Scholars of Multicultural Psychology
AU - Spanierman, Lisa
AU - Poteat, V. Paul
AU - Whittaker, Valene A.
AU - Schlosser, Lewis Z.
AU - Arévalo Avalos, Marvyn R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - This article reports on a qualitative investigation conducted to assess how White multicultural scholars have responded to critical questions raised in the 1990s about their roles and responsibilities in multicultural psychology. We used the consensual qualitative research method to analyze semistructured interview data from 12 leading White scholars of multicultural psychology. Findings revealed 10 domains with nuanced categories within each. Key themes addressed: (a) antecedents of participants' interest and commitments to multicultural theory and research, (b) how participants understood Whiteness broadly, and how it influenced their multicultural scholarship specifically, (c) rewards and challenges of conducting multicultural research, and (d) recommendations for future White counseling psychologists. Implications for training and future research are provided.
AB - This article reports on a qualitative investigation conducted to assess how White multicultural scholars have responded to critical questions raised in the 1990s about their roles and responsibilities in multicultural psychology. We used the consensual qualitative research method to analyze semistructured interview data from 12 leading White scholars of multicultural psychology. Findings revealed 10 domains with nuanced categories within each. Key themes addressed: (a) antecedents of participants' interest and commitments to multicultural theory and research, (b) how participants understood Whiteness broadly, and how it influenced their multicultural scholarship specifically, (c) rewards and challenges of conducting multicultural research, and (d) recommendations for future White counseling psychologists. Implications for training and future research are provided.
KW - White privilege
KW - White racial justice allies
KW - Whiteness
KW - consensual qualitative research
KW - multicultural psychology
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U2 - 10.1177/0011000017719459
DO - 10.1177/0011000017719459
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85027585418
SN - 0011-0000
VL - 45
SP - 618
EP - 650
JO - Counseling Psychologist
JF - Counseling Psychologist
IS - 5
ER -