Over a half-century encapsulated: A multicultural content analysis of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1954–2009.

Abstract

Articles including multicultural content published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology (JCP), from 1954 to 2009, were examined for themes. Multicultural content in this study was broadly defined to include the following identities: race/ethnicity, gender/sex, religion/spirituality, sexual orientation, social status, disability, age, and intersections. Inclusion of articles focused on each of these identity domains was reported by decade. Gender/sex was the most prevalent multicultural identity found in the JCP, followed by race/ethnicity. The most common themes for multicultural articles, in order, were counseling process, vocation/career, and psychological processes/interventions. Academic achievement, discrimination/minority stress, and research methodology were the other common themes that were found across multicultural research. Implications of these findings are discussed.

A Content Analysis of Career Development Theory, Research, and Practice—2013

“…The third compares the content of two journals over an extended period of time, such as the contents of CDQ and JVB (Buboltz, Ebberwein, Watkins, & Savickas, ). The fourth analyzes journal content related to a specific topic for one journal, such as multicultural concepts (Arredondo, Rosen, Rice, Perez, & Tovar‐Gamero, ; Lee et al, ), or a specific topic in multiple journals, such as the career development of gay men (Buhrke, Ben‐Ezra, Hurley, & Ruprecht, ) or American Indian secondary school students (Flynn, Duncan, & Evenson, ).…”

“…Content analyses of journal articles provide an opportunity for a discipline to periodically evaluate the congruence of the professional literature with the discipline's purpose, interests, and values (Buboltz, Deemer, & Hoffman, 2010;Lee, Rosen, & Burns, 2013). Journal article content analyses also identify trends and changes, which likely affect counseling practice (Loveland, Buboltz, Schwartz, & Gibson, 2006;Williams & Buboltz, 1999).…”

Multicultural and International Research in Four Career Development Journals: An 11‐Year Content Analysis

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“…Comprehensive reviews of multicultural content in related journals, such as the Journal of Counseling Psychology ( JCP ), have revealed greater attention to some multicultural identity domains and neglect of others. Specifically, a review of multicultural content in JCP showed increasing attention to gender but minimal attention to sexual orientation, disability, religion, and social class from 1954 to 2009 (D. L. Lee, Rosen, & Burns, ). Identification of multicultural identity groups that have received insufficient attention in the literature is important, as this neglect could lead to ineffective career counseling practices.…”

Atenção psicológica e umbanda: Experiência de cuidado e acolhimento em saúde mental

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