Developing of Multicultural Counseling Competencies Scale

In this study, a scale was developed to measure the multicultural counseling competencies of counselors, and the related reliability and validity studies were conducted. In the scale development process, first, the item pool was formed in line with the related literature, other similar measurement tools and a focus group study. The items in the item pool were finalized according to expert opinions, and the scale which consist of 62 items was applied to 332 counselors to collect the research data. The data was analyzed with exploratory factor analysis. The factors obtained after analysis were names as skills (11 items), awareness (9 items), and knowledge (6 items). A first-order confirmatory factor analysis was carried out with the same data set, and after some modifications the three-factor model structure was confirmed, and it was observed that it has good fit indicates (X2/sd: 2.51; RMSEA: .07; NFI: .92; NNFI: .95; CFI: .95; IFI: .95; GFI: .85; AGFI: .83; SRMR: .06). In the second order confirmatory analysis, the three-factor construct was found to merge with an upper-construct. As a result, it is thought that the Multicultural Psychological Consulting Competencies Scale is a valid and reliable tool to be used for assessing multicultural competencies of counselors.

Keywords

Multiculturalism, multicultural counseling, multicultural counseling competencies, multicultural cou