Black and White Racial Identity

JANET E. HELMS is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland and Fellow in Divisions 17 (Counseling Psychology) and 45 (Ethnic Diversity) of the American Psychological Society. She is an affiliate of the Counseling Center at the University of Maryland and is a licensed psychologist and private practitioner in Maryland and Washington D. C. She has authored many empirical and theoretical articles and book chapters on the topics of personality assessment and racial identity in the therapy process.

• PrefaceTheory and Measurement of Racial IdentityIntroduction: Review of Racial Identity TerminologyAn Overview of Black Racial Identity TheoryThe Measurement of Black Racial Identity AttitudesToward a Model of White Racial Identity DevelopmentDevelopment of the White Racial Identity InventoryPsychological Correlates of Racial IdentityThe Beginnings of a Diagnostic Model of Racial IdentityWhite Racial Identity Attitudes and Cultural ValuesThe Relationship between Black Racial Identity Attitudes and Cognitive StylesPractical Applications of Racial Identity TheoryCounseling Attitudinal and Behavioral Predispositions: The Black/White Interaction ModelDoes Race or Racial Identity Attitudes Influence the Counseling Process in Black and White Dyads?Black Racial Identity Attitudes and White Therapist Cultural Sensitivity in Cross-Racial Therapy Dyads: An Exploratory StudyApplying the Interaction Model to Social DyadsGeneralizing Racial Identity Interaction Theory to GroupsInterventions for Promoting Better Racial Identity DevelopmentAppendicesAuthor IndexSubject Index