Development and validation of a multicultural counseling competency scale for Malaysian professional counselors
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Abstract
This study describes the development and validation of a 32-item instrument to assess the multicultural counseling competencies of 508 Malaysian professional counselors. Exploratory factor analysis identified five underlying factors of multicultural counseling competency (MCC), and this five-factor model of MCC, confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis, has more than the three dimensions proposed in the literature. These findings provide strong evidence for construct validity and encourage the use of this instrument among counselors.
Keywords
competencia en consejeria multicultural, consejeria en Malasia, consejeros profesionales, desarrollo de escala, Malaysian counseling, multicultural counseling competency, professional counselors, scale development
Divisions
Education
Funders
University Malaya Research Grant (UMRG) (RG358-12HNE)
Publication Title
JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT
Volume
51
Issue
1
Publisher
WILEY
Publisher Location
111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA