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A Dyadic Study of Multicultural Counseling Competence : - Coggle Diagram
A Dyadic Study of Multicultural Counseling Competence
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Multicultural counseling competence (MCC)
Characterization of MCC
Professional policies on MCC
Disparities in mental health services
Lower quality of services received by racial and ethnic minority individuals
Lower engagement in mental health counseling by African Americans and Latinos
Less access and fewer services for racial and ethnic minority group members
Focus on MCC in empirical scholarship
Clients' and counselors' perceptions of MCC
Lack of multicultural competent clinicians
Perceiver, Partner, and Relationship Effects in MCC Research
Marcus et al. (2009) example of Rosa and Dr. A to explain OWM design
OWM design
assesses contribution of each effect to perceptions of MCC
allows examination of whether perception of MCC predicts change in psychological well-being
Reciprocal one-with-many (OWM) design matches individual counseling research design
Present study expands on findings of Owen, Leach et al. (2011) by applying OWM dyadic design
Dyadic approach and three main components: perceiver, partner, and relationship
Sample of clients self-identified as a member of a racial or ethnic minority group
Longitudinal study to investigate association between counselor MCC and changes in clients' psychological well-being
STEPS
1
Calculate variance in counselor-rated and client-rated assessments of MCC accounted for by each reporter of MCC
Expected variance due to uniqueness of present study and posited hypotheses of Owen, Leach et al. (2011)
Hypothesis that counselor will account for significant variance in counselor-rated MCC assessment
2
Assess generalized reciprocity as part of OWM analyses
Literature suggests lack of relationship between client-rated and counselor-rated assessments of MCC
3
Examine whether each component of perception of MCC predicts change in psychological well-being over the course of counseling
Impact of counselor multicultural competence on clients of color
Sample: 133 clients of color, 24 counselors
88 dyads of clients and counselors of color
Data collected during intake and fourth session
Demographic data presented
Study conducted over two academic years
Measures: SOS-10, CCCI-R
Relationship between counselor MCC and psychological well-being of clients of color
No significant difference found in MCC reported by clients in different dyads
Multicultural Competence (MCC) and Counseling Outcome
Examine the relationship between MCC and counseling outcome
Methods
Generalized reciprocity
Two variables for change in client psychological well-being
Variance partitioning
Findings
Counselors' self-reported MCC scores did not have a significant association with client outcomes
Clients who reported ve ry high MCC ratings for their counselor had better outcomes than expected
Study on the impact of multicultural counseling competence (MCC) on real-world counseling outcomes
Examined only clients of color with counselors from varying backgrounds
Some counselors were generally higher in MCC than others
Captured more variability in CCCI-R scores compared to past studies involving a majority of White, European American clients
MCC is a context-driven characteristic
Counselors' ability to recognize and intervene in culturally competent ways
Intersecting individual client and counselor characteristics
Clients' ratings of their counselors' MCC may depend on myriad factors