title: Multicultural competencies: What are we measuring?
abstract: The current study examined the validity of the client-rated version of the Cross-Cultural Counseling Inventory-Revised (CCCI-R). The first phase of this study involved a content validation of the CCCI-R by experts who had publications in the fields of multicultural competencies (MCCs) and psychotherapy research. Of the 20 items on the CCCI-R, 7 were rated as appropriate for client use. The second phase of this study utilized confirmatory factor analysis to examine construct validity by testing whether clients' perceptions of their therapists' MCCs (via the seven items validated by experts) were distinct from client-rated working alliance scores. Model fit statistics supported a theoretically based model in which MCCs were measured distinctly from working alliance, but where the two factors were related. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling Psychology , University of Denver , Denver , CO , USA.
authors.forename: Joanna M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Drinane
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling Psychology , University of Denver , Denver , CO , USA.
authors.forename: Jesse
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.affiliation: b Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology , University of Louisville , Louisville , KY , USA.
authors.forename: Jill L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Adelson
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychology , Alliant International University , Davis , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Emil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodolfa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054521:Cultural Competency; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D065246:Culturally Competent Care / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: alliance; multicultural competencies; multicultural orientation; therapy