Determining the therapist's contribution in therapist multicultural competence process and outcome

摘要: Efforts to help therapists improve their multicultural competence (MCC) rely on measures that can distinguish between different levels of competence. MCC is often assessed by asking clients rate experiences with therapists. However, differences in client ratings therapist do not necessarily provide information about the relative performance and be influenced other factors including client's own characteristics. In this study, we used a repeated design 8,497 observations from 1,458 across 35 clarify proportion variability attributed versus better understand extent an measure detects differences. Overall, found small amount was (2%) substantial (70%). These findings suggest our primarily detected at level level, indicating scores were largely dependent client. Clinical implications recommendations for future research measurement are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).