Therapists in a Foreign Land: Acculturation, Language Proficiency and Counseling Self-Efficacy among Foreign-Born Therapists Practicing in the United States

被引：8
作者：
Kissil K. [1 ]
Davey M. [1 ]
Davey A. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Couple and Family Therapy Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, Mail Stop 905, 1505 Race Street
[2] Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
来源：
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling | 2013年 / 35卷 / 3期
关键词：
Acculturation; Counseling self-efficacy; Foreign-born counselors; Immigration;
D O I：
10.1007/s10447-012-9178-0
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摘要：
Immigration and acculturation can have profound effects on counselors' sense of self and interactions with others. Yet the influence of being an immigrant on a therapist's use of self during actual clinical encounters has received very little empirical attention, even though the number of foreign-born counselors is steadily increasing in the U.S. In order to fill this gap we conducted a web-based survey study to examine the associations between acculturation, language proficiency, and clinician's self-efficacy in a sample of 258 foreign-born counselors and providers currently practicing in the U.S. Results suggest that perceived prejudice and not the level of acculturation is significantly associated with levels of clinical self-efficacy, suggesting that the attitudes and behaviors of the host community play a much bigger role in the acculturation of immigrant therapists than previously assumed. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
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页码：216 / 233
页数：17
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