Table 2 Participant demographics

Sex

 Female

2

4

4

4

 Male

3

1

1

1

Ethnicity

Aboriginal Australian (n = 1)

Anglo-Australian (n = 4)

Aboriginal Australian (n = 1)

Anglo-Australian (n = 5)

Asian (n = 3)

Serbian (n = 1)

Indonesian (n = 1)

British (n = 1)

Turkish-Muslim (n = 1)

Italian (n = 1)

Fijian-Indian-Muslim (n = 1)

Zimbabwean (n = 1)

Languages other than English

Arabic (n = 1)

Serbian (n = 1)

Italian (n = 1)

N/A

Cantonese (n = 1)

Hindi (n = 1)

Mandarin (n = 1)

Shona (n = 1)

Teo-Chew (Chinese) (n = 1)

Age range

19–39 years

20–25 years

33–44 years

28–46 years

Highest level of education

Bachelors (n = 3)

Bachelors (n = 5)

Postgraduate (n = 2)

Postgraduate (n = 5)

Some tertiary education

(n = 1)

Bachelors (n = 3)

High school certificate

(n = 1)

Year highest level of education obtained (range)

2005–2019

2014–2016

2007–2016

1998–2016

Country highest level of education obtained

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Citizenship/visa status

 Australian citizen

4

5

5

5

 Student visa

1

0

0

0

Role at the time of interview

Psychology intern (n = 4)

Psychology intern (n = 4)

General psychologist (n = 2)

Clinical psychologist

(n = 1)

Youth worker (n = 1)

Youth worker (n = 1)

Health promotion officer

(n = 1)

General psychologist

(n = 3)

Social worker (n = 2)

Practice manager (n = 1)

Years practicing psychology (range)

0–1 years

0–1 years

1–14 years

1–21 years

Service type

 Public practice

4

1

5

5

 Private practice

1

0

0

3*

No. of non-white clients seen per week (range)

0–6

4–9

1–10 + 

4–10 + 

Psychology training prepared participant to provide culturally competent services for non-White clients

 Yes

1

3

1

1

 No

3

1

4

3

 Neutral

1

1

0

1

No. of cultural competence-related professional development since participants last qualification (range)

0

0

7–10 + 

0–3