Addressing disparities: The impact of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender graduate counselling course
Addressing disparities: The impact of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender graduate counselling course
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10.1080/14733145.2012.741139
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Bidell, Markus P.
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作者：
Bidell, Markus P.
背景：女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和变性人（LGBT）个体经历着严重的心理健康差异和治疗不公平。辅导员教育被认为是造成这些问题的一个因素，也是解决这些不平等的一个改善机制。目的：本研究的目的是评估LGBT平权咨询课程的影响。方法：共有23名学生参加了研究生LGBT辅导课程，管理性取向辅导员能力量表（SOCCS，比德尔，2005年）和女同性恋，男同性恋和双性恋肯定咨询自我效能量表（LGB-CSI，狄龙和沃辛顿，2003年）前和课程后。此外，从现有的数据源中获得了一个比较组的23个匹配的辅导学生，以进一步评估课程的有效性。对照组中的那些人没有参加LGBT课程，但在类似的时间间隔内接受了SOCCS。结果如下：在完成LGBT课程后，入学的学生在性取向辅导员能力和自我效能方面表现出显着的改善。此外，与对照组相比，这些学生在SOCCS分数上表现出显着的进步。含义：从这项研究的结果表明，一个完整的学分LGBT心理治疗课程可以对研究生辅导学生的性取向辅导员的能力和自我效能感的积极影响。调查结果还表明，这样的课程可以显着影响辅导技能，一个方面的LGBT文化能力被发现是最削弱。研究结果与LGBT平权咨询师培训和临床实践一起讨论。
Background: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals experience serious mental health disparities and treatment inequities. Counsellor education has been identified as both a contributing factor to these problems as well as an ameliorating mechanism to address these inequalities. Aim: The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the impact of an LGBT-affirmative counselling course. Method: A total of 23 students enrolled in a graduate LGBT counselling course were administered the Sexual Orientation Counselor Competency Scale (SOCCS, Bidell, 2005) and the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Affirmative Counseling Self-Efficacy Inventory (LGB-CSI, Dillon & Worthington, 2003) pre- and post-course. In addition, a comparison group of 23 matched counselling students was obtained from an existing data source in order to make further assessments of the course's effectiveness. Those in the comparison group were not enrolled in the LGBT course, but were administered the SOCCS at analogous time intervals. Results: After completing the LGBT course, enrolled students demonstrated significant improvements regarding their sexual orientation counsellor competency and self-efficacy. In addition, these students showed significant gains in SOCCS scores versus those in the comparison group. Implications: Results from this study show the positive effect a full-credit LGBT psychotherapy course can have on graduate counselling students' sexual orientation counsellor competency and self-efficacy. The findings also indicate that such a course can significantly impact counselling skills, a facet of LGBT cultural competency found to be the most attenuated. Findings are discussed in conjunction with LGBT-affirmative counsellor training and clinical practice.