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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among self-efficacy, self advocacy, and multicultural counseling competency of school counselors currently practicing in the US. The research questions guided this study included (a) What are the direct and indirect influences of school counselor self-efficacy on multicultural counseling competence? (b) Is the relationship between self-efficacy and multicultural counseling competence mediated by self-advocacy for school counselors?The data were collected from 306 school counselors practicing in the US. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Model (SEM) were used in the data analysis in the study. The results suggested self-efficacy significantly predicted multicultural counseling competence among the US school counselors. The results of the hypothesized structural model also suggested that self-advocacy had a strong indirect effect on multicultural counseling competence mediated by self-efficacy. The results of the data analysis, discussions of the findings, implications of the current study, and limitations and future research directions are presented herein. |
