A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCT OF ACCULTURATION, ACCULTURATIVE STRESS, AND COUNSELOR SELF-EFFICACY AMONG FOREIGN BORN COUNSELING STUDENTS

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Interiano-Shiverdecker, C. (2018). A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCT OF ACCULTURATION, ACCULTURATIVE STRESS, AND COUNSELOR SELF-EFFICACY AMONG FOREIGN BORN COUNSELING STUDENTS. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural practices, cultural values, cultural identification, and acculturative stress related to counselor self-efficacy among foreign-born counseling students. A total of 93 foreign-born students currently enrolled in graduate counseling programs in the United States were included in this survey research study. Participants completed an on-line survey, which included the Counselor Self-Estimate Inventory, the Vancouver Index of Acculturation, the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism 16-item revised scale, the Multi-Group Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised, the Riverside Acculturative Stress Inventory, and a demographic questionnaire. A 2-step hierarchical multiple regression was conducted to analyze the data. The results indicated that acculturative stress accounted for 3% of the variance in counselor self-efficacy and was not statistically significant. However, after adding the remaining predictor variables to the equation, all the other predictive variables accounted for an additional 15% of the counseling self-efficacy among foreign-born counseling students. The findings suggest that: 1) ethnic identity and individualistic values positively influence counselor self-efficacy, 2) acculturative stress negatively influences counselor self-efficacy, and 3) continued research should continue to explore a multi-dimensional model of acculturation when examining foreign-born students’ training in counseling.

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Interiano-Shiverdecker, Claudia

Title

A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCT OF ACCULTURATION, ACCULTURATIVE STRESS, AND COUNSELOR SELF-EFFICACY AMONG FOREIGN BORN COUNSELING STUDENTS

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1 online resource (217 pages) : PDF

Date

2018

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural practices, cultural values, cultural identification, and acculturative stress related to counselor self-efficacy among foreign-born counseling students. A total of 93 foreign-born students currently enrolled in graduate counseling programs in the United States were included in this survey research study. Participants completed an on-line survey, which included the Counselor Self-Estimate Inventory, the Vancouver Index of Acculturation, the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism 16-item revised scale, the Multi-Group Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised, the Riverside Acculturative Stress Inventory, and a demographic questionnaire. A 2-step hierarchical multiple regression was conducted to analyze the data. The results indicated that acculturative stress accounted for 3% of the variance in counselor self-efficacy and was not statistically significant. However, after adding the remaining predictor variables to the equation, all the other predictive variables accounted for an additional 15% of the counseling self-efficacy among foreign-born counseling students. The findings suggest that: 1) ethnic identity and individualistic values positively influence counselor self-efficacy, 2) acculturative stress negatively influences counselor self-efficacy, and 3) continued research should continue to explore a multi-dimensional model of acculturation when examining foreign-born students’ training in counseling.

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doctoral dissertations

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Education

Degree

Ph.D.

Keywords

Acculturation
Acculturative Stress
Counselor Education
Foreign-Born Students

Subject Area

Counseling

Advisor(s)

Parikh-Foxx, Sejal

Committee Members

Abrams, Lyndon
Harris, Henry
Flowers, Claudia
Pilonieta, Paola

Degree Note

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2018.

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