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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| author | Chen Siew Kee, Rose 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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