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  • Counseling Research
  • Clinical Psychology

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  • The Cross-Cultural Counseling Inventory-Revised (CCCI-R) is a tool used to assess multicultural competencies (MCCs).
  • Validating client-rated versions of assessment tools is crucial for understanding client perceptions in psychotherapy.
  • Previous research has explored the components of effective therapeutic relationships, including MCCs and working alliance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the validity of the client-rated version of the Cross-Cultural Counseling Inventory-Revised (CCCI-R).
  • To determine the suitability of CCCI-R items for client use in assessing multicultural competencies.
  • To test whether clients' perceptions of therapists' MCCs are distinct from client-rated working alliance scores.

Main Methods:

  • Content validation by experts in multicultural competencies (MCCs) and psychotherapy research.
  • Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess construct validity.
  • Utilizing a client-rated version of the CCCI-R, focusing on 7 expert-validated items.

Main Results:

  • Seven out of 20 items on the CCCI-R were deemed appropriate for client use by expert raters.
  • Confirmatory factor analysis supported a model where multicultural competencies (MCCs) were measured distinctly from the working alliance.
  • Model fit statistics indicated that while distinct, MCCs and working alliance are related constructs.

Conclusions:

  • The client-rated CCCI-R, using the 7 validated items, demonstrates acceptable construct validity for measuring multicultural competencies (MCCs).
  • Multicultural competencies (MCCs) are a distinct but related factor to the working alliance in client perceptions of therapy.
  • Findings support the use of the revised CCCI-R in clinical practice and further theoretical development of MCCs.