The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Multicultural Counseling Competence

Abstract

The authors examined the association between multicultural counseling competence (MCC) and mindfulness. Previous authors have maintained a conceptual link between MCC and mindfulness; however, this is the first empirical analysis of the relationship between MCC and mindfulness. Results revealed that, after race/ethnicity, multicultural course completion, and empathy were controlled, components of mindfulness were correlated with multicultural awareness and multicultural knowledge. These results have implications for counselor education, counseling practice, and future research.

Evaluating Differences in the Working Alliance Based on Frequency of Mindfulness Practices Among Counselors‐in‐Training

“…The FFMQ‐SF (Bohlmeijer et al, 2011) is a 24‐item assessment of dispositional mindfulness that is derived from the 39‐item FFMQ (Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, & Toney, 2006) and contains five subscales: Observing (α = .80), Describing (α = .79), Acting With Awareness (α = .83), Nonjudging of Inner Experience (α = .82), and Nonreactivity to Inner Experience (α = .79). The FFMQ has demonstrated reliability evidence in samples of CITs (Fulton, 2016; Ivers, Johnson, Clarke, Newsome, & Berry, 2016). The FFMQ‐SF has demonstrated reliability evidence among adults in the Netherlands with mild depression or anxiety (Bohlmeijer et al, 2011).…”

The Relationship Between State Mindfulness and Working Alliance Among Counselors‐in‐Training

“…Items for the original FFMQ asked participants to indicate the extent to which statements are true for them by selecting responses on a Likert‐type scale ranging from 1 ( never or very rarely true ) to 5 ( very often or always true ). The FFMQ has demonstrated reliability evidence in samples of CITs (C. L. Fulton & Cashwell, ; Ivers, Johnson, Clarke, Newsome, & Berry, ). The FFMQ‐SF has demonstrated reliability evidence among adults with mild depression or anxiety from the Netherlands (Bohlmeijer et al, ).…”

Color‐Conscious Multicultural Mindfulness Training in the Counseling Field

“…Most effect sizes for multicultural competence and color‐blind racial attitudes in the training group ranged from large to very large, with medium effect sizes for mindfulness. We used race/ethnicity as a covariate because there were more POC in the randomly assigned training group, and researchers have found White people rate themselves with lower levels of multicultural competence than do POC (e.g., Ivers et al, 2016; Tourek, 2014).…”