Content and Style of Advice in Iran and Canada

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  • Mahin Tavakoli Member Number: 1056, Member Type: Full A, Expiry Month: November, Expiry Year: 2009, Membership Fee: 150, Renewal Type: Renewal

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Multicultural Counselling##common.commaListSeparator## Multicultural Psychotherapy##common.commaListSeparator## Advice in Iran and Canada##common.commaListSeparator## Individualism-collectivism##common.commaListSeparator##

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The content and nature of nonprofessional advice in Iran, a hierarchical and collectivist culture, was compared to the same type of advice in Canada, an egalitarian and individualist culture. A researcher developed a questionnaire that consisted of 10 letters, each describing a writer’s problem and asking for advice. The responses of participants to those letters were content-analyzed, which showed how advice varies between the two cultures. Implications of findings for developing multicultural techniques of counselling and psychotherapy are discussed.

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    Clinical & Counselling Psychologist

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2012-12-12

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##issue.vol## 47 ##issue.no## 2 (2013): Special Issue - Evolving Practices in Career Development

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