Investigation of dimensionality and development of a precise measure of multicultural self-efficacy for counsellors
department or school: Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan)
department or school: Psychology, Department of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Khattar, Nataasha
issued: 2023-08-17T18:38:14Z
issued: 2023
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Background: Humans are social and cultural beings. We all have racial, ethnic and social identities. It is thus crucial to integrate these into the practice of therapy and research. With the increasing rates of migration (and consequently diversity) all over the globe, multicultural society is likely to be a rule rather than an exception. This diversity will also reflect in the clinician’s offices, necessitating future clinicians to be multiculturally competent. Multicultural competence comprises of clinicians’ knowledge of their own cultural background, perceived notions and biases; clinicians’ efforts to understand and validate the worldviews of clients from different backgrounds; and clinicians’ skills to engage in culturally appropriate and sensitive therapy and assessments. Objectives: This research aimed to investigate the dimensionality of multicultural competence as there is some confusion in the literature. This was followed by adapting a precise scale based on items from previous measures using item response theory for measurement precision. Method: A sample of 165 graduate students in clinical, counselling psychology and social work programs were recruited. The data was collected primarily from North America and India. A scale for checking socially desirable responding was also included. Dimensionality analysis and item response theory were used to assess the psychometric properties of the existing multicultural competence scales. Network Analysis and exploratory factor analysis were then used to identify item clusters in order to derive the items for the new brief scale. Item response theory was conducted on this new scale with three factors. Implications: This research helps further our understanding of the dimensionality of multicultural self-efficacy and suggests pools of items that provide more precise measurement of the construct based on modern psychometrics.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/85502
note: INVESTIGATION OF DIMENSIONALITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PRECISE MEASURE OF MULTICULTURAL SELF-EFFICACY FOR COUNSELLORS by Nataasha Khattar B.Sc. Hons, Christ University, 2019 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Clinical Psychology) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) August 2023 © Nataasha Khattar, 2023 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: INVESTIGATION OF DIMENSIONALITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PRECISE MEASURE OF MULTICULTURAL SELF-EFFICACY FOR COUNSELLORS submitted by Nataasha Khattar in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts. Dr. Brian O’Connor, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences Supervisor Dr. Maya Libben, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Soma Ganesan, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Vancouver Supervisory Committee Member Additional Committee Members include: Dr. Vijayalaya Srinivas, Christ University, India Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Jannik Eikenaar, Faculty of Applied Science External Examiner iii Abstract Background: Humans are social and cultural beings. We all have racial, ethnic and social identities. It is thus crucial to integrate these into the practice of therapy and research. With the increasing rates of migration (and consequently diversity) all over the globe, multicultural society is likely to be a rule rather than an exception. This diversity will also reflect in the clinician’s offices, necessitating future clinicians to be multiculturally competent. Multicultural competence comprises of clinicians’ knowledge of their own cultural background, perceived notions and biases; clinicians’ efforts to understand and validate the worldviews of clients from different backgrounds; and clinicians’ skills to engage in culturally appropriate and sensitive therapy and assessm…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-09
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0435261
language: eng
degree discipline: Psychology
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: O'Connor, Brian
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85502