Investigation of the Relationships among Psychological Counselor Candidates' Counseling Self-Efficacy, Multicultural Competence, Gender Roles, and Mindfulness

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between counseling self-efficacy, multicultural competence, gender roles and mindfulness of counselor candidates. Participants of this study were 431 senior students studying in the Guidance and Psychological Counseling Undergraduate Programs of 14 different Turkish universities. According to the results, psychological counselor candidates’ gender roles and mindfulness significantly predicted their counseling self-efficacy through the mediation of multicultural competence. The authors discuss implications of these findings.