"What Are You?" Conceptualizing the Complexities of Bicultural and Biracial College Student Experiences. Issue 2 (6th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: West, Michael T.; Maffini, Cara S.
• Is Part Of: Journal of college counseling. Volume 22:Issue 2(2019:Jul.)
• Page Start: 164
• Page End: 178
• Publication Date: 2019-07-06
• Subjects: bicultural -- biracial -- college students -- cultural case conceptualization -- cultural identity; Counseling in higher education -- Periodicals; Counseling in higher education -- United States -- Periodicals; 378.194
• DOI: 10.1002/jocc.12128
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1099-0399

Abstract

Abstract : Reflecting the increasing diversity of the United States, universities are seeing growing rates of students from diverse cultural backgrounds. The authors present culturally responsive suggestions to facilitate conceptualization and counseling with biracial and bicultural college students, integrating cognitions, behaviors, emotions, and relationships associated with culture and cultural identity of both culture of origin and mainstream U.S. culture. Recommendations for counseling an increasingly diverse student body are presented.