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Multicultural Counseling Competencies: An Exploratory Factor Analysis
Author(s) -
HolcombMcCoy Cheryl C.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of multicultural counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2161-1912
pISSN - 0883-8534
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2000.tb00609.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , psychology , exploratory factor analysis , cultural competence , identity (music) , exploratory research , multicultural education , cultural pluralism , medical education , pedagogy , clinical psychology , medicine , psychometrics , sociology , social science , physics , acoustics
The author examined the underlying factors of the Association of Multicultural Counseling and Development's (AMCD) Multicultural Competencies. One hundred fifty‐one professional counselors who are members of the American Counseling Association responded to a survey that included items reflecting AMCD's multicultural competencies and Explanatory Statements. An exploratory factor analysis revealed 5 multicultural competencies factors: Awareness, Knowledge, Definitions of Terms, Racial Identity Development, and Skills.