Relationship between multicultural experiences and multicultural counseling competencies among Malaysian counselor trainees

The multicultural counseling course attended by counselor trainees is expected to enrich their multicultural experience through the academic environment, as they come from different backgrounds and personal multicultural experiences. While most multicultural counseling courses focus on the three...

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Main Authors: Harun, Maizatul Mardiana, Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki, Ismail, Asmah, Kamaruddin, Mohd Shahrul
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Published: Institute of Advanced Science Extension 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109055/
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author Harun, Maizatul Mardiana
Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki
Ismail, Asmah
Kamaruddin, Mohd Shahrul
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Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki
Ismail, Asmah
Kamaruddin, Mohd Shahrul
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description The multicultural counseling course attended by counselor trainees is expected to enrich their multicultural experience through the academic environment, as they come from different backgrounds and personal multicultural experiences. While most multicultural counseling courses focus on the three components of multicultural counseling competence, counselor trainees should be provided with more multicultural exposure and interactions during classes to develop skills to work with diverse clients. Therefore, this descriptive-correlational study explores the relationship between multicultural experiences (personal and academic) and multicultural counseling competencies (self-reported and observer-rated) among Malaysian counselor trainees. All four instruments had been adapted and translated into the Malay language before being completed by 208 randomly selected counselor trainees. This study reported that counselor trainees scored at low levels of personal multicultural experience, high levels of academic multicultural experience, moderate levels of self-perceived multicultural counseling competence, and high levels of observed multicultural counseling competence. The findings showed no significant relationships between personal and academic multicultural experience and self-perceived and observed multicultural counseling competence. In conclusion, the findings imply that there are practices of experiential pedagogy in delivering multicultural counseling courses in counselor education programs. However, more research is needed to identify the underlying variables, such as counseling self-efficacy or self-introspectiveness, which may link the study variables, as this will serve as the most critical aspect in sustaining the counselor trainees’ multicultural counseling competencies.
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spelling upm-1090552024-10-14T07:24:59Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109055/ Relationship between multicultural experiences and multicultural counseling competencies among Malaysian counselor trainees Harun, Maizatul Mardiana Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki Ismail, Asmah Kamaruddin, Mohd Shahrul The multicultural counseling course attended by counselor trainees is expected to enrich their multicultural experience through the academic environment, as they come from different backgrounds and personal multicultural experiences. While most multicultural counseling courses focus on the three components of multicultural counseling competence, counselor trainees should be provided with more multicultural exposure and interactions during classes to develop skills to work with diverse clients. Therefore, this descriptive-correlational study explores the relationship between multicultural experiences (personal and academic) and multicultural counseling competencies (self-reported and observer-rated) among Malaysian counselor trainees. All four instruments had been adapted and translated into the Malay language before being completed by 208 randomly selected counselor trainees. This study reported that counselor trainees scored at low levels of personal multicultural experience, high levels of academic multicultural experience, moderate levels of self-perceived multicultural counseling competence, and high levels of observed multicultural counseling competence. The findings showed no significant relationships between personal and academic multicultural experience and self-perceived and observed multicultural counseling competence. In conclusion, the findings imply that there are practices of experiential pedagogy in delivering multicultural counseling courses in counselor education programs. However, more research is needed to identify the underlying variables, such as counseling self-efficacy or self-introspectiveness, which may link the study variables, as this will serve as the most critical aspect in sustaining the counselor trainees’ multicultural counseling competencies. Institute of Advanced Science Extension 2023-10 Article PeerReviewed Harun, Maizatul Mardiana and Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki and Ismail, Asmah and Kamaruddin, Mohd Shahrul (2023) Relationship between multicultural experiences and multicultural counseling competencies among Malaysian counselor trainees. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10 (10). pp. 189-199. ISSN 2313-626X; ESSN: 2313-3724 https://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/2023/V10I10/1021833ijaas202310021.html 10.21833/ijaas.2023.10.021
spellingShingle Harun, Maizatul Mardiana
Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki
Ismail, Asmah
Kamaruddin, Mohd Shahrul
Relationship between multicultural experiences and multicultural counseling competencies among Malaysian counselor trainees
title Relationship between multicultural experiences and multicultural counseling competencies among Malaysian counselor trainees
title_full Relationship between multicultural experiences and multicultural counseling competencies among Malaysian counselor trainees
title_fullStr Relationship between multicultural experiences and multicultural counseling competencies among Malaysian counselor trainees
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between multicultural experiences and multicultural counseling competencies among Malaysian counselor trainees
title_short Relationship between multicultural experiences and multicultural counseling competencies among Malaysian counselor trainees
title_sort relationship between multicultural experiences and multicultural counseling competencies among malaysian counselor trainees
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