Why African Americans and Hispanic Americans attend therapy less than White Americans

African Americans and Hispanic Americans have been studied over the years regarding attendance to therapy but reasons why attendance to therapy has been less among those groups has not been specifically addressed. The current study evaluated the reasons why African Americans and Hispanic Americans have gone to therapy less than White Americans as well as difficulties faced culturally regarding preconceived notions of therapy before entering the therapy process. It was hypothesized that economic status, accessibility of therapy in the community, religiosity, individualism/collectivism, and cultural sensitivity/trust would affect the reasons why individuals enter therapy or not. Also, hypothesized was that access of therapy in the community and cultural sensitivity/trust would have an effect on client satisfaction