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ARE RESIDENCE LIFE PROFESSIONALS CULTURALLY COMPETENT? AN EXPLORATION OF THE PERCEIVED MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING COMPETENCE OF RESIDENCE LIFE PROFESSIONALS NEW TO THE FIELD

This study examined the multicultural counseling competence among new residence life professionals by using the Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale (MCKAS: Ponterotto, Gretchen, Utsey, Riger, & Austin, 2002) and a demographic questionnaire created by the researcher. Results included statistically significant positive relationships between participants’ completion of multicultural counseling graduate coursework and multicultural knowledge, quantity of field experiences and multicultural knowledge, and race and multicultural awareness. A negative relationship was discovered between the frequency of travel experiences outside country of birth and multicultural knowledge. Implications of these findings for field of Student Affairs and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UTENN/oai:trace.tennessee.edu:utk_graddiss-1722
Date01 May 2010
CreatorsCummings, Kelli J
PublisherTrace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange
Source SetsUniversity of Tennessee Libraries
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceDoctoral Dissertations

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