治疗师多元文化导向:客户对文化谦卑的看法,LGB身份,以及工作联盟
Todd L Jennings1, Eric Sprankle1
1Department of Psychology, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, USA.
Journal of homosexuality
|July 5, 2023
概括
治疗师的文化谦卑显著加强了女同性恋,同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 客户的治疗联盟. 无论客户对LGB身份的中心性或肯定,都观察到这种对客户和治疗师关系的积极影响.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 临床心理健康 临床心理健康
背景情况:
- 有限的研究存在于治疗师文化谦卑对女同性恋,同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 客户的影响.
- 了解增强客户-治疗师工作联盟的因素对于与多样化的群体进行有效治疗至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查治疗师的文化谦卑是否预测LGB个人之间更强大的客户-治疗师工作联盟.
- 检查LGB身份中心性和LGB身份肯定是否调节了这种关系.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及333名LGB个人的定量研究,评估治疗师的文化谦卑.
- 探索性分析检查了治疗师的文化谦卑和性取向接受,内化同负性,现困难和性取向隐藏之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 治疗师的文化谦卑是LGB客户更强大的客户-治疗师工作联盟的重要预测因素.
- 同性恋认同的中心性和同性恋认同的肯定并没有缓和治疗师的文化谦卑和工作联盟之间的关联.
- 较低的治疗师文化谦卑与增加的性取向接受担忧,内化同人负面性,以及与 coming out 和性取向隐有关的困难有关.
结论:
- 治疗师的文化谦逊对LGB客户的治疗联盟产生了积极的影响,无论他们的身份中心或肯定如何.
- 这些发现强调了文化谦卑在LGB人群治疗中的重要性.
- 未来的研究应该探索这些对其他性别和性多样性人口的好处.
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