Students’ perceptions of cultural competence and diversity training in European psychology programs: Predictors and implications for training programs

• Autor(a) principal: Tertilt, Laurine Isabelle
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/29879
• topic: Self-perceived cultural competence; European psychology programs; Psychology students; Cultural diversity issues; LGBTQI+ issues; Competência cultural auto-relatada; Programas de psicologia Europeus; Estudantes de psicologia; Diversidade cultural -- Cultural diversity; LGBTQI+

The purpose of this study was to investigate students self-perceived cultural competence and diversity training in European psychology programs. The study assessed the extent to which cultural diversity and LGBTQI+ issues are integrated into the curriculum and supervision, training environment, multicultural research, and honesty in recruiting of psychology training programs, based on students reports, and whether these areas predict students’ self-reported cultural competence. Factors other than training that may be related to students’ self-perceived cultural competence were examined. A total of 302 psychology students from 22 European countries participated in the study. The study used the Multicultural Awareness Knowledge Skills Survey-Counselor Edition-Revised (MAKSS-CE-R) to ask students for their selfperception of cultural competence and the Multicultural Environmental Inventory-Revised (MEI-R) to evaluate psychology training programs, using an exploratory and correlational design. Results indicated that students’ self-reported levels of cultural competence were found to be moderate. Similarly, cultural diversity issues in psychology programs were addressed moderately across Europe and were found to relate differently to students’ self-perceived cultural competencies. Knowledge and skills were positively predicted by curriculum and supervision, multicultural research, and honesty in recruiting, and related to other factors such as previous cultural diversity courses in undergraduate studies and external training in cultural competence. Awareness was predicted negatively by curriculum and supervision and positively by multicultural research, and associations were found with the level of training program and participation in an exchange program. Implications for psychology training programs and future research are discussed.