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This study investigated the relationship of homeless status, ethnic identity, respondent ethnicity (African American, Latino, Native American, and Anglo), and Latino, Anglo, and Mexican American orientation on the functional impairment (Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale, BASIS-32; S. V. Eisen, 1996) of 355 homeless men and women who were interviewed in Pomona, California. Multivariate analyses of variance results indicated that respondent ethnicity was related to several BASIS-32 subscales. Specifically, Anglo and African American homeless adults had greater functional impairment than did Latino or Native American respondents. In addition, high Anglo orientation among chronically homeless Latino respondents, with low ethnic identity was associated with higher levels of functional impairment on the BASIS-32 Psychosis subscale. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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Aculturación , Etnicidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Personas con Mala Vivienda/psicología , Personas con Mala Vivienda/estadística & datos numéricos , Identificación Social , Negro o Afroamericano/psicología , Negro o Afroamericano/estadística & datos numéricos , Femenino , Hispánicos o Latinos/psicología , Hispánicos o Latinos/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Indígenas Norteamericanos/psicología , Indígenas Norteamericanos/estadística & datos numéricos , Entrevistas como Asunto , Masculino , Americanos Mexicanos/psicología , Americanos Mexicanos/estadística & datos numéricos , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Población Blanca/psicología , Población Blanca/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
This study investigated the effects of consumer-provider racial match on consumer service satisfaction and treatment outcomes (i.e., Client Satisfaction Questionnaire and GAF-Posttest) of 96 outpatient consumers, 66 of whom were adults and 30 of whom were parent/caregivers of child consumers. Data was obtained by telephone interviews over a 6-week period. After controlling for four other variables, client satisfaction was higher for racially matched consumers. Racially matched child consumers also had higher GAF-Posttest scores. Implications of these findings are discussed.