This article explores the effects of race, racial self-designation, sex, and previous counseling experience on the preferences of disadvantaged students for a helper of the same race, same sex, same age, and same social class background. One hundred ninety-four disadvantaged students completed an 8-item general information questionnaire and a 4-item preference scale derived from work done by Jackson and Kirschner. The results indicate that while there is a slight preference in all disadvantaged groups for a helper of the same sex, same age, and same race, there is a definite preference for a helper of the same social class background.
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