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EXAMINING THE ASSESSMENT OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING COMPETENCE IN COUPLES THERAPY

Schomburg, Allison M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1176132118

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Counseling Psychology.
Much of the previous literature on the assessment of multicultural counseling competence has examined counselors’ abilities when working with individual clients; this study expanded prior research by investigating trainees’ multicultural case conceptualization ability (MCCA; Ladany, Inman, Constantine, & Hofheinz, 1997) with couples. Additional methodological limitations present in the assessment of multicultural case conceptualization ability were addressed by looking at variables that might detract from competence (i.e., color-blind racial attitudes), examining the stimulus value of the race of the client in the vignette, and exploring the effects of a multidimensional measure of social desirability. The current study also investigated two different assessment methods, self-report and observer-report, of multicultural counseling competence and ascertained how each method is related to multicultural training and clinical experience. The present study represents an exploration of trainees' self-reported multicultural counseling competence, color-blind racial attitudes, social desirability, and multicultural case conceptualization ability when working with couples. Participants completed online a demographic questionnaire, a multicultural case conceptualization ability task (cf. Constantine & Ladany, 2000), the Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale (MCKAS; Ponterotto et al., 2002), the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS; Neville et al., 2000), and the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR; Paulhus, 1991). Major findings of the study were: 1) socially desirable responding had no significant relation with the MCCA task, the MCKAS, and two of the three subscale of the CoBRAS; 2) self-reported multicultural knowledge was not related to an observable measure of multicultural counseling competence; 3) multicultural didactic training (other than coursework) accounted for a significant amount of variance in multicultural case conceptualization ability, and the number of multicultural courses taken accounted for a significant amount of variance in self-reported multicultural counseling competence; 4) color-blind racial attitudes did not account for significant variance in MCCA scores above and beyond social desirability and training; and 5) trainee responses to vignettes with African American clients did not differ in MCCA scores from trainee responses to vignettes with European American clients. Implications for research, training, and practice are discussed.
Loreto Prieto (Advisor)
196 p.
Psychology, General
Multicultural counseling competence; Multicultural case conceptualization ability; Color-blind racial attitudes; Social desirability

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  • Schomburg, A. M. (2007). EXAMINING THE ASSESSMENT OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING COMPETENCE IN COUPLES THERAPY [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1176132118

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schomburg, Allison. EXAMINING THE ASSESSMENT OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING COMPETENCE IN COUPLES THERAPY. 2007. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1176132118.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schomburg, Allison. "EXAMINING THE ASSESSMENT OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING COMPETENCE IN COUPLES THERAPY." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1176132118

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