With minority Americans expected to comprise more than 40% of the U.S population by 2035 and 47% by 2050 and substance abuse epidemic with 23.5 million nationwide in need for treatment, there is a growing need for cross-cultural counseling competence among substance abuse counselors. This study examined substance abuse counselors' level of cross-cultural counseling competence in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The research method used was quantitative in nature. Substance abuse counselors were asked to self-assess their level of competence by completing a questionnaire and modified Cross-Cultural Counseling Inventory Revised (CCCI-R) subscales to determine whether counselor's gender, level of education, field of study, ethnicity, and number of continuing education make a difference in level of cultural competence. CCCI-R was proven to have acceptable content validity and is representative of domain of cross-cultural counseling competence. A total of 109 participants completed the questionnaire and CCCI-R.
<br>The result of a one-way ANOVA in the mean scores revealed no significant difference between counselor's gender, level of education, field of study, ethnicity, and cultural competence. The post hoc data analysis in the field of study indicated those counselors who were trained in Counseling and Social Work scored higher than counselors trained in Psychology. The results of the Pearson Correlation revealed no relationship between the number of continuing education hours and substance abuse counselor's level of cross-cultural counseling competence. After the testing of hypotheses of this study, the results indicated no significant differences in the mean scores of the independent variables and substance abuse counselor's level of cross-cultural competence. / School of Education / Counselor Education and Supervision (ExCES) / PhD / Dissertation
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DUQUESNE/oai:digital.library.duq.edu:etd/154169 |
| Date | 23 July 2012 |
| Creators | Elamin, Abdelhadi |
| Contributors | David Delmonico, William Casile, Emma Mosley |
| Source Sets | Duquesne University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Worldwide Access |
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