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Multicultural Training Experiences as Predictors of Multicultural Competencies: Students' Perspectives
Author(s) -
Dickson Ginger L.,
Jepsen David A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2007.tb00040.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , psychology , context (archaeology) , cultural competence , perception , multicultural education , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , paleontology , neuroscience , biology
The authors surveyed a national sample of master's‐level counseling students regarding their multicultural training experiences and their multicultural counseling competencies. A series of hierarchical regression models tested the prediction of inventoried competencies from measures of selected training experiences: (a) program cultural ambience or learning environment, (b) multicultural instructional strategies, and (c) multicultural clinical experiences. Perceptions of program cultural ambience or learning environment predicted all multicultural competencies: knowledge, skills, awareness, and relationship. Additional findings support the importance of clinical training experiences in the context of effective multicultural training.