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Examining School Counseling Students' Multicultural and Sexual Orientation Competencies Through a Cross‐Specialization Comparison
Author(s) -
Bidell Markus P.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1556-6676.2012.00025.x
Subject(s) - sexual orientation , lesbian , multiculturalism , transgender , psychology , agency (philosophy) , sexual minority , sexual identity , counselor education , homosexuality , clinical psychology , medical education , pedagogy , social psychology , human sexuality , gender studies , higher education , medicine , sociology , political science , psychoanalysis , law , social science
Professional school counselors have an opportunity to directly address the educational, emotional, and social problems facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. The purpose of this study was to examine the multicultural and sexual orientation counselor competencies of school counseling students through a cross‐specialization comparison with community agency students. Results indicate that school counseling students had significantly lower self‐reported multicultural and sexual orientation counselor competency scores. The findings and their implications are discussed.