Culturally competent practice: a mixed methods study among students, academics and alumni of clinical psychology master's programs in the Netherlands
Geerlings, Lennie R.C., Thompson, Claire L., Kraaij, Vivian, and Keijsers, Ger P.J. (2018) Culturally competent practice: a mixed methods study among students, academics and alumni of clinical psychology master's programs in the Netherlands. Europes Journal Of Psychology, 14 (1). pp. 88-106.
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Abstract
This is the first research into preparation for multicultural clinical psychology practice in Europe. It applies the theory of multicultural counselling competency (MCC) to a case study in the Netherlands. It was hypothesized that cross-cultural practice experience, identification as a cultural minority, and satisfaction with cultural training was associated with MCC. The Multicultural Awareness Knowledge and Skills Survey was completed by 106 participants (22 students, 10 academics, 74 alumni) from clinical psychology masters' programs. MANOVA detected a main effect of cross-cultural experience on MCC for all groups and universities. The data were enriched with exploratory qualitative data from 14 interviews (5 students, 5 academics, 4 alumni). Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis revealed three themes: limitations of clinical psychology, strategies for culturally competent practice, and strategies for cultural competency development. These outcomes suggest that cultural competency continues to require attention in master's programs. The paper makes recommendations for further research enquiry related to training clinical psychologists to practice in Europe's multicultural societies.
| Item ID: | 53451 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1841-0413 |
| Keywords: | cultural competence, clinical psychology education, Multicultural Awareness, Knowledge and Skills Survey (MAKSS), Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), Netherlands |
| Copyright Information: | This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Funders: | VSB Fonds, Fundatie van de Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude te ‘s Gravenhage, Vreedefonds |
| Date Deposited: | 03 May 2018 12:12 |
| FoR Codes: | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5201 Applied and developmental psychology > 520102 Educational psychology @ 100% |
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