Social desirability attitudes, sex, and affective and cognitive empathy aspredictors of self-reported multicultural counseling competence

This study explored the relative contributions of social desirability attit udes, sex, and affective and cognitive empathy to self-reported multicultur al counseling competence. Using the Knowledge and Awareness subscales of th e Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale as criterion varia bles, two 3-step forced entry multiple regression analyses revealed that bo th sex and affective and cognitive empathy were significant predictors of s elf-reported multicultural counseling competence. Implications of the findi ngs are discussed.