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White Racial Identity, Color-Blind Racial Attitudes, and Multicultural Counseling Competence

Multicultural counseling competence (awareness, knowledge, and skills) is necessary to provide effective psychotherapy to an increasingly diverse client population (Sue, 2001). Previous research on predictors of competency among White clinicians finds that above having multicultural training, exposu...

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Published in:Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology 2015-07, Vol.21 (3), p.440-449
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description Multicultural counseling competence (awareness, knowledge, and skills) is necessary to provide effective psychotherapy to an increasingly diverse client population (Sue, 2001). Previous research on predictors of competency among White clinicians finds that above having multicultural training, exposure to racially diverse clients, and social desirability, that White racial identity stages predict multicultural counseling competence (Ottavi et al., 1994). Research also suggests that higher color-blind racial attitudes (denying or minimizing racism in society) correlates with less advanced White racial identity stages (Gushue & Constantine, 2007). However, no studies have examined these variables together as they relate to and possibly predict multicultural counseling competence. The current study aims to add to this literature by investigating the effects of these variables together as potential predictors of multicultural counseling competence among (N = 487) White doctoral students studying clinical, counseling, and school psychology. Results of 3 hierarchical multiple regressions found above the effects of social desirability, demographic variables, and multicultural training, that colorblind racial attitudes and White racial identity stages added significant incremental variance in predicting multicultural counseling knowledge, awareness, and skills. These results add to the literature by finding different predictors for each domain of multicultural competence. Implications of the findings for future research and the clinical training of White doctoral trainees are discussed.
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Counseling
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Counselor Attitudes
Counselors
Cross Cultural Treatment
Cultural Competency - psychology
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Sensitivity
Culturally Competent Care - methods
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Ethnic Identity
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
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Human
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
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Multiculturalism
Professional Competence
Psychologist Attitudes
Psychologists
Psychotherapy
Race (Anthropological)
Racial and Ethnic Attitudes
Racial Identity
Social Desirability
Students, Medical - psychology
Young Adult
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