Sr. Lopez et Aa. Lopez, MEXICAN-AMERICANS INITIAL PREFERENCES FOR COUNSELORS - RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES OR RESEARCHERS VALUES - REPLY, Journal of counseling psychology, 40(2), 1993, pp. 249-251
Atkinson and Wampold's (1993) assessment of the available methods to s
tudy counselor preference failed to consider the limitations of the ju
dgment and multidimensional approaches and the strength of the single-
dimension choice approach, the method used in S. R. Lopez, Lopez, and
Fong's (1991) research. In recognizing that each method has its respec
tive strengths and weaknesses, it is important that researchers use mu
ltiple methods to assess counselor preferences. Naturalistic studies o
f counseling will ultimately determine which method or methods are mos
t valid. It is suggested that the emphasis placed on a given method an
d the interpretation of given findings may reflect the degree to which
researchers value the role of ethnicity and culture in counseling.