The relationship of self-efficacy, self-advocacy and multicultural counselling competency of school counsellors: A structural equation model

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools

Publication Date

12-5-2023

Abstract

School counsellors are the main drivers of change in creating a multicultural environment for all students. This study used structural equation modelling to investigate directional relationships among self-efficacy, self-advocacy and multicultural counselling competence in a sample of school counsellors ( N = 306). The data were collected from 306 practising school counsellors in the US. The results suggested that self-advocacy was statistically related to self-efficacy, in turn self-efficacy was associated with multicultural counselling competence. Structural model indicated that self-advocacy had a strong indirect effect on multicultural counselling competence mediated by self-efficacy. Accordingly, the findings implicate that school counsellors could start with smaller and realistic projects in working with diverse school populations as their positive experiences in this area could increase their ability to advocate for multicultural school environments.

ISSN

2055-6373

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Disciplines

Education

Keywords

School counsellor, multicultural counselling competence, self-efficacy, self-advocacy, structural equation modelling

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no

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Bronze: This publication is openly available on the publisher’s website but without an open license

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