CORRELATES OF SELF-REPORTED MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCES - COUNSELOR MULTICULTURAL SOCIAL DESIRABILITY, RACE, SOCIAL INADEQUACY, LOCUS OF CONTROL RACIAL IDEOLOGY, AND MULTICULTURAL TRAINING

Self-reported multicultural counseling competencies (MCCs) of 176 univ ersity counseling center staff were assessed. A 1-model multiple regre ssion analysis, using a 4-step forced-entry method, accounted for 34% of the variability in MCCs. As hypothesized, after the significant con tributions of multicultural (MC) social desirability and race were tak en into account, attitudes of feelings of social inadequacy and locus of control racial ideology overall and individually made significant c ontributions. Then, MC training variables overall and number of minori ty and international clients, MC research projects, and MC courses ind ividually made significant contributions. Hispanics had significantly higher Multicultural Counseling Inventory scores than did Whites. Mino rity groups scored differently than Whites on the variables measured, and MCCs increased with training.