Multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in addressing polygamous family structures among registered counsellors in Malaysia

To effectively conduct counselling sessions, professional counsellors in Malaysia need to possess multicultural competence, especially considering the discrepancies between the ideal and the actual understanding of polygamous marriages. Thisstudy examinesthe relationship between multicultural aca...

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Main Authors: Chen Siew Kee, Rose, Manouchehri, Mahshid, Hanafi, Norshafizah, Hassan, Siti Aishah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112156/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112156/1/112156.pdf
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author Chen Siew Kee, Rose
Manouchehri, Mahshid
Hanafi, Norshafizah
Hassan, Siti Aishah
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Manouchehri, Mahshid
Hanafi, Norshafizah
Hassan, Siti Aishah
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description To effectively conduct counselling sessions, professional counsellors in Malaysia need to possess multicultural competence, especially considering the discrepancies between the ideal and the actual understanding of polygamous marriages. Thisstudy examinesthe relationship between multicultural academic experience, multicultural counselling competency, and the competency of counsellorsin addressing polygamousfamily structures among 370 registered counsellorsin Malaysia.The collected data was analysed using PearsonCorrelations, One-Way ANOVA and Multiple Regressions. The findings indicate that the respondents demonstrated high multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency. There was a significant positive correlation betweenmulticultural academic experience andmulticultural counselling competency, as well as the competency of counsellors in handling polygamous families. Moreover, there were noteworthy variationsin competency levels based on ethnicity. This study highlights the crucial role of multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in predicting the competency of counsellors when dealing with polygamous families. Futher validation of the Counselor' Multicultural. Competency on the Polygamous Family Structure Scale is recommended in future studies encompassing larger and more diverse populations.
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spelling upm-1121562024-09-17T02:57:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112156/ Multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in addressing polygamous family structures among registered counsellors in Malaysia Chen Siew Kee, Rose Manouchehri, Mahshid Hanafi, Norshafizah Hassan, Siti Aishah To effectively conduct counselling sessions, professional counsellors in Malaysia need to possess multicultural competence, especially considering the discrepancies between the ideal and the actual understanding of polygamous marriages. Thisstudy examinesthe relationship between multicultural academic experience, multicultural counselling competency, and the competency of counsellorsin addressing polygamousfamily structures among 370 registered counsellorsin Malaysia.The collected data was analysed using PearsonCorrelations, One-Way ANOVA and Multiple Regressions. The findings indicate that the respondents demonstrated high multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency. There was a significant positive correlation betweenmulticultural academic experience andmulticultural counselling competency, as well as the competency of counsellors in handling polygamous families. Moreover, there were noteworthy variationsin competency levels based on ethnicity. This study highlights the crucial role of multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in predicting the competency of counsellors when dealing with polygamous families. Futher validation of the Counselor' Multicultural. Competency on the Polygamous Family Structure Scale is recommended in future studies encompassing larger and more diverse populations. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2024-04 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112156/1/112156.pdf Chen Siew Kee, Rose and Manouchehri, Mahshid and Hanafi, Norshafizah and Hassan, Siti Aishah (2024) Multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in addressing polygamous family structures among registered counsellors in Malaysia. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 32 (spec.3). pp. 133-147. ISSN 0128-7702; EISSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/pjssh/browse/special-issue?article=JSSH(S)-1607-2024 10.47836/pjssh.32.S3.08
spellingShingle Chen Siew Kee, Rose
Manouchehri, Mahshid
Hanafi, Norshafizah
Hassan, Siti Aishah
Multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in addressing polygamous family structures among registered counsellors in Malaysia
title Multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in addressing polygamous family structures among registered counsellors in Malaysia
title_full Multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in addressing polygamous family structures among registered counsellors in Malaysia
title_fullStr Multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in addressing polygamous family structures among registered counsellors in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in addressing polygamous family structures among registered counsellors in Malaysia
title_short Multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in addressing polygamous family structures among registered counsellors in Malaysia
title_sort multicultural academic experience and multicultural counselling competency in addressing polygamous family structures among registered counsellors in malaysia
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