TY - JOUR
T1 - Who’s Multiculturally Competent? Everybody and Nobody
T2 - A Multimethod Examination
AU - Wilcox, Melanie M.
AU - Franks, Danielle N.
AU - Taylor, Terrill O.
AU - Monceaux, Christopher P.
AU - Harris, Keoshia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - This study was a social dominance theory-driven multimethod investigation of multicultural competence. Given the concerns with self-report, we examined the relationship between study variables and both self-report and performance-based multicultural competence. We also tested competing hypotheses regarding the relationship between the multicultural competence measures. We examined two samples: one of counselor trainees (N = 93), and one of practicing therapists (N = 107). The overwhelming performance floor effect in the context of self-report ceiling effects was striking and unexpected in its severity. Awareness of privilege was the most consistent predictor, and the only variable related to most multicultural competence measures. Results related to social dominance orientation, just-world beliefs, and empathy differed by sample. A key finding was the failure by a substantial proportion of participants in both samples to even minimally address clients’ sociocultural context. Thus, we focus our discussion on the implications of this result.
AB - This study was a social dominance theory-driven multimethod investigation of multicultural competence. Given the concerns with self-report, we examined the relationship between study variables and both self-report and performance-based multicultural competence. We also tested competing hypotheses regarding the relationship between the multicultural competence measures. We examined two samples: one of counselor trainees (N = 93), and one of practicing therapists (N = 107). The overwhelming performance floor effect in the context of self-report ceiling effects was striking and unexpected in its severity. Awareness of privilege was the most consistent predictor, and the only variable related to most multicultural competence measures. Results related to social dominance orientation, just-world beliefs, and empathy differed by sample. A key finding was the failure by a substantial proportion of participants in both samples to even minimally address clients’ sociocultural context. Thus, we focus our discussion on the implications of this result.
KW - counselor competence
KW - multicultural competence
KW - multicultural counseling
KW - multicultural training
KW - social dominance orientation
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U2 - 10.1177/0011000020904709
DO - 10.1177/0011000020904709
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082669460
SN - 0011-0000
VL - 48
SP - 466
EP - 497
JO - Counseling Psychologist
JF - Counseling Psychologist
IS - 4
ER -