Exploring the Content and Structure of Cross‐Cultural Attitudes

Abstract

This article describes an instrument designed to assess the content and structure of cultural attitudes. Derived from Kelly's (1955) Role Construct Repertory Test, the technique elicits the personal meaning and organizational properties of the individual's cultural value system. Methods of administration are described and analyses are illustrated by a case example of one counseling student before and after an introductory course in cross‐cultural counseling. Applications of the instrument to issues in research, counseling, and cross‐cultural training are also discussed.

The Experience of Being a Qualified Female BME Clinical Psychologist in a National Health Service: An Interpretative Phenomenological and Repertory Grid Analysis

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“…After identifying these attitudes, the counselor educator can design training interventions to address the issues raised by the CART. For a discussion on how the CART may be helpful in measuring cross-cultural attitudes in other settings, see Neimeyer and Fukuyama (1984).…”

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“…I t may be useful to administer the Cultural Attitudes Repertory Technique (CART). This instrument provides the counselor with an indication of the personal meanings and organizational properties of a n individual's cultural value system (Neimeyer & Fukuyama, 1984). The counselor would use the resultant data to gain an understanding of the client's struggles and better target areas to be addressed over the course of counseling.…”