Table 2 Differences between White and non-White practitioners’ cultural competence, desirable responding, and racial and ethnic blindness
Scores/variable Mean (SD) | All participants (n = 139) | White (n = 90) | Non-White (n = 49) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 37.3 (11.3) | 38.5 (11.6) | 34.7 (10.2) | 0.077* |
Multicultural Counselling Inventory (MCI) | ||||
 Composite score (MCI total) | 122.9 (14.0) | 121.5 (13.6) | 125.5 (14.6) | 0.069 |
 Subscale 1: Multicultural Counselling Skills | 37.1 (5.0) | 37.3 (5.0) | 36.7 (5.0) | 0.554 |
 Subscale 2: Multicultural Awareness | 27.5 (5.0) | 26.4 (4.6) | 29.5 (5.0) | < 0.001* |
 Subscale 3: Multicultural Counselling Relationship | 27.5(5.0) | 24.2 (3.3) | 25.4 (3.5) | 0.049* |
 Subscale 4: Multicultural Counselling Knowledge | 33.7 (4.8) | 33.7 (4.5) | 33.9 (5.4) | 0.433 |
Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR) | ||||
 Composite score (BIDR Total) | 10.4 (6.8) | 9.6 (6.3) | 11.8 (7.2) | 0.094 |
 Subscale 1: Self Deceptive Enhancement (SDE) | 4.2 (3.1) | 3.9 (2.9) | 4.8 (3.2) | 0.135 |
 Subscale 2: Impression Management (IM) | 6.2 (4.5) | 5.7 (4.3) | 7.0 (4.8) | 0.132 |
Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS) | ||||
 Composite score (CoBRAS Total) | 43.8 (13.6) | 41.5 (13.6) | 48.0 (13.0) | 0.007* |
 Factor 1 (URP-Unawareness of Racial Privilege) | 18.8 (6.4) | 17.6 (6.2) | 20.9 (6.4) | 0.003* |
 Factor 2 (UID-Unawareness of Institutional Discrimination) | 14.4 (5.3) | 13.9 (5.5) | 15.4 (4.9) | 0.059 |
 Factor 3 (UBRI-Unawareness of Blatant Racism Issues) | 10.6 (4.3) | 10.0 (4.0) | 11.9 (4.6) | 0.013* |