Self-perceived multicultural counseling competence of licensed professional counselors

 
 
 
 

Self-perceived multicultural counseling competence of licensed professional counselors

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dc.contributor.advisor Haag Granello, Darcy en_US
dc.contributor.author Whitney, Jennifer M en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-07-07T19:02:59Z
dc.date.available 2008-07-07T19:02:59Z
dc.date.created 2006 en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-07-07T19:02:59Z
dc.identifier.uri http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1163992973 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/6178
dc.description The present study utilized descriptive, correlational quantitative survey research to investigate the self-perceived multicultural counseling competence of 364 licensed counselors using the Multicultural Counseling Inventory (MCI; Sodowsky et al., 1994). The study aimed to explore (a) to what extent licensed counselors perceived themselves to be multiculturally competent; (b) how selected demographic factors, controlling for social desirability, contributed to self-perceived competence; (c) to what extent licensed counselors presented themselves in a multiculturally socially desirable manner with regard to multicultural competence; and (d) differences on multicultural competence and social desirability based on the race of the counselor. Respondents viewed themselves as multiculturally competent both in general (MCI Total score, M = 3.28, SD = .31) and specifically. Respondents viewed themselves as most competent in multicultural skills (M = 3.67, SD = .37) and least competent in multicultural awareness (M = 2.88, SD = .55). Univariate regression analyses were conducted to determine independent variables contributing significant variance in scores. Race, years of counseling experience, number of multicultural graduate courses taken, and number of multicultural trainings/workshops attended contributed significant variance to at least one of the MCI scales. Social desirability significantly contributed to the variance in scores on all five MCI scales. The majority of the sample presented themselves in a neutral fashion on the multicultural social desirability measure when compared to the samples’ mean (M = 18.81, SD = 3.13). Non-White counselors endorsed a slightly higher mean social desirability score (M = 20.14, SD = 3.22) than counselors White counselors (M = 18.69, SD = 3.07). Non-White counselors had statistically significantly higher MCI Total (non-White, M = 3.41, SD = .46; White, M = 3.27, SD = .28), Awareness (non-White, M = 3.26, SD = .60; White, M = 2.84, SD = .53), and Knowledge (non-White, M = 3.37, SD = .65; White, M = 3.29, SD =.40) scale scores than White counselors. Knowledge garnered from this research has direct implications for the field of counseling and for the training and development of counselors’ multicultural competence. Implications of the study’s findings, its limitations, and suggestions for future research are discussed. en_US
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dc.subject Multicultural Counseling Competence en_US
dc.subject Multicultural Social Desirability en_US
dc.subject Perceived Multicultural Competence en_US
dc.subject Multicultural Counseling Inventory en_US
dc.subject Assessment of Multicultural Competence en_US
dc.subject Multicultural Competence of Counselors en_US
dc.subject Licensed Professional Counselor en_US
dc.title Self-perceived multicultural counseling competence of licensed professional counselors en_US
dc.type Electronic Thesis or Dissertation en_US
dc.degree.name PhD en_US
dc.degree.level doctoral en_US
dc.degree.discipline Physical Activity and Educational Services en_US
dc.degree.grantor Ohio State University en_US
dc.contributor.publisher Ohio State University / OhioLINK en_US

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