Publication Date

2019

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Fisher, Teresa A.

Second Advisor

Isawi, Dana T.

Degree Name

Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)

Legacy Department

Department of Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE)

Abstract

The focus of this study was to explore the relationships among racial identity development, impostor phenomenon, and counseling self-efficacy among counseling graduate students of color. There is evidence supporting the importance of a client’s racial identity. However, there is limited research exploring the impacts of a counselor’s racial identity and the development of counseling self-efficacy (Tomlinson-Clarke, 2013; Holcomb-McCoy, Hines, & Johnston, 2008; Owens, Bodenhorn, & Bryant, 2010; Crockett & Hays, 2015). The following research questions were used to provide a frame of inquiry for this study and each research question pertained to counseling graduate students of color: (1) What are the relationships among racial identity attitudes, impostor phenomenon, and counseling self-efficacy?; (2) Does the impostor phenomenon predict each component of counselor self-efficacy (microskills, attending to counseling process, dealing with difficult client behaviors, cultural competence, and awareness of values)?; (3) Do elements of racial identity attitudes (assimilation, miseducation, self-hatred, anti-dominant, ethnocentricity, multiculturalist inclusive, and ethnic-racial salience) predict impostor phenomenon? (4) Do racial identity attitudes have indirect effects on counseling self-efficacy, as mediated by impostor phenomenon?

A non-experimental survey design was utilized, and correlational methods were used to determine the separate and collective variations between outcome and predictor variables. The internet-based survey consisted of an informed consent, a demographic questionnaire, the Cross Ethnic-Racial Identity Scale-A (CERIS-A), Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS), and Counseling Self-Estimate Inventory Scale (COSE). A Pearson’s correlation and a series of multiple regression analyses were performed to examine the relationships and predictive effect of racial identity attitudes and impostor phenomenon scores on the outcome of counseling self-efficacy. The results revealed that there was a relationship between racial identity attitudes and counseling self-efficacy among counseling graduate students of color. In addition, the analyses indicated that impostor phenomenon does not predict counseling self-efficacy or racial identity attitudes, but there was a correlational relationship between the counseling self-efficacy subscale (cultural competence) and impostor phenomenon scores. Finally, limitations, recommendations for future research, and implications for counselor training programs were presented.

Extent

171 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

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