Across the United States and Canada, the marginalization of Muslims has contributed to many Muslim women having mental health difficulties, making it essential that services are available and accessible. An email correspondence audit design research study was used to investigate whether mental health practitioners demonstrate implicit bias in the form of aversive prejudice against Muslim women during a request for counseling/psychotherapy services. A total of 450 counselors or psychologists participated. Practitioners received an email from either a Muslim or non-Muslim woman, signified by name and a religious quotation, requesting an appointment. Based on the Aversive Racism Framework, it was hypothesized that practitioners would (a) respond more frequently to the Muslim woman and (b) respond faster to the Muslim woman but (c) offer services to the Muslim woman at a lesser or similar frequency. All three hypotheses were supported. Findings suggest that aversive prejudice appears active at the forefront of counseling and psychotherapy services for Muslim women, whereby counselors and psychologists are unknowingly acting in a biased manner toward a request for an appointment from a Muslim woman. Suggestions for overcoming this bias are provided. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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对穆斯林妇女获得咨询和心理治疗服务的感知宗教的检查：一项审计研究。

在美国和加拿大，穆斯林的边缘化导致许多穆斯林妇女有心理健康问题，这使得提供和获得服务变得至关重要。电子邮件通信审计设计研究用于调查心理健康从业者在咨询/心理治疗服务请求期间是否表现出对穆斯林妇女的厌恶偏见形式的隐性偏见。共有 450 名辅导员或心理学家参与。从业者收到一封来自穆斯林或非穆斯林妇女的电子邮件，要求会面，邮件中注明姓名和宗教引语。基于厌恶种族主义框架，据推测，从业者会 (a) 更频繁地回应穆斯林妇女，(b) 更快地回应穆斯林妇女，但 (c) 以较低或相似的频率向穆斯林妇女提供服务。所有三个假设都得到了支持。调查结果表明，厌恶偏见似乎活跃在为穆斯林妇女提供的咨询和心理治疗服务的最前沿，咨询师和心理学家在不知不觉中以偏见的方式对待穆斯林妇女的预约请求。提供了克服这种偏见的建议。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。因此，辅导员和心理学家在不知不觉中以有偏见的方式对待穆斯林妇女的预约请求。提供了克服这种偏见的建议。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。因此，辅导员和心理学家在不知不觉中以有偏见的方式对待穆斯林妇女的预约请求。提供了克服这种偏见的建议。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。