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" The Relationship between Multicultural Competence, Experience, and Case Conceptualization among Counselors Working with Veteran Clients "
Taylor, Jennifer J.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1104697
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TLpq2244447053
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Taylor, Jennifer J.
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The Relationship between Multicultural Competence, Experience, and Case Conceptualization among Counselors Working with Veteran Clients\ Taylor, Jennifer J.
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University of Cincinnati
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2019
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2019
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Ed.D.
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145
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Research shows that veterans, particularly of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, have high levels of mental health needs while experiencing high barriers to care including cultural issues such as stigma towards seeking help and a cultural divide with civilians and civilian mental health providers. This study's purpose was to examine the influence of demographic factors and multicultural competence on counselor case conceptualization of a veteran client. One hundred thirty-three licensed mental health counselors completed a counselor case conceptualization Vignette and Counselor Perception Scale designed for this study, the Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale (MCKAS), and a demographic questionnaire. Analysis included a series of t-tests, correlations, and regressions to assess (a) relationships between multicultural competence and demographic factors, (b) relationships between case conceptualization and demographic factors, and (c) the influence of multicultural competence and demographic factors on counselor case conceptualization. Results indicate that diversity experience and a military competence scale are positively correlated to multicultural knowledge. Military family members score significantly higher than those with civilian families on a military competence scale. These results indicate that exposure to veterans' cultural challenges and diversity experience contribute to multicultural knowledge and competence in conceptualizing a veteran client case vignette. Results are discussed within the framework of the multicultural counseling competence literature. Implications for increasing multicultural counseling competence with veteran clients through counseling practice and counselor education are discussed. Additionally, future research directions regarding counselor multicultural competence is discussed. These directions include assessing cultural competence using a contact theory lens, exploring if differences in value systems between counselors and veterans effect how community-based counselors and organizations serve clients, veteran and military specific instrumentation, and developing veteran focused multicultural counseling competencies for the counseling profession.
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Counseling Psychology
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