EXAMINING MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING COMPETENCES OF GRADUATE-STUDENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY

This investigation examined the multicultural counseling competencies of graduate students in counseling and clinical psychology programs. A national sample of 344 students participated. The participants comple ted the Multicultural Counseling Inventory (G. R. Sodowsky R. C. Taffe , T. B. Gutkin, and S. L. Wise, 1994) and a demographic questionnaire. Results indicated that counseling psychology students rated themselve s as more multiculturally competent than clinical psychology students in three of the four multicultural competency areas. Different educati onal and clinical variables were predictive of multicultural counselin g competencies for the two groups. Findings are discussed in terms of education and training in graduate psychology programs.