A National Survey on Multicultural Competence for Professional Counselors: A Replication Study

The purpose of this investigation was to replicate findings from Holcomb‐McCoy and Myers's () study, which assessed the multicultural competence of professional counselors. Factor analysis was conducted to determine the components of multicultural competence (N = 171). Differences existed betwe...

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Published inJournal of counseling and development Vol. 95; no. 2; pp. 203 - 212
Main Authors Barden, Sejal M., Sherrell, Renee S., Matthews, Jennifer J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alexandria Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2017
Subjects
Competence
Counseling
counselor education and development
Cultural competence
Ethnicity
Factor analysis
multicultural competence
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Polls & surveys
professional counselors
quantitative
Race
replication
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Summary:The purpose of this investigation was to replicate findings from Holcomb‐McCoy and Myers's () study, which assessed the multicultural competence of professional counselors. Factor analysis was conducted to determine the components of multicultural competence (N = 171). Differences existed between multicultural competence and race/ethnicity, F(2, 168) = 4.86, p = .009, Wilks's Λ = .95, partial η2 = .06, and education level, F(2, 167) = 8.95, p < .001, Wilks's Λ = .82, partial η2 = .10.
ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/jcad.12132