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 Volume 9, Issue 11 (November 2022), Pages: 144-152

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 Original Research Paper

 Counseling competencies scale (CCS) psychometric properties: Application for trainee counselors in Malaysia

 Author(s): Suhaili Arifin 1, *, Siti Salina Abdullah 1, Ruhani Mat Min 1, Fazliyaton Ramley 1, Maizatul Mardiana Harun 2, Siti Balqis Md Nor 1, 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Business, Economic and Social Development, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
 2Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
 3Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8111-2323

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.11.018

 Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to translate the counseling competencies scale (CCS) in the Malaysian context, and subsequently to test the validity and reliability of the psychometrics. Specifically, there was a limited number of psychometric items to evaluate counselor-in-training competencies. Recently, CCS was designed to evaluate trainee counselor competencies including counseling skills, dispositions, and behaviors as it is one of the ethical obligations that need to be fulfilled. However, the CCS has not been adapted culturally or linguistically for the Malay population since it was developed overseas. Previous literature indicates that until now, only one study found translated CCS into Chinese language and culture. On the contrary, there were a few studies carried out on the reliability and validity of CCS. Yet, all of these studies were conducted outside the local context which was a gap in the implementation of this study. Hence, this study was implemented at 9 public universities in Malaysia with samples n=204 internship students and n=62 internship lecturer supervisors involved. The result empirically proves that the Malay version of CCS is valid and has a good consistency. This study also increases the number of competency psychometrics that are applicable to counseling supervision in this country. Furthermore, it provides supervisors and educators with a reliable tool to assess counselor trainee competencies. In contrast, the results might not be representative of all counselor trainees in the counseling program as only the internship students were involved. Future studies should involve trainee counselors from all semesters to ensure the generalizability of the findings.

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Counseling competencies scale, Trainee counselors, Malaysia

 Article History: Received 24 March 2022, Received in revised form 20 July 2022, Accepted 5 August 2022

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Arifin S, Abdullah SS, Min RM, Ramley F, Harun MM, and Nor SBM (2022). Counseling competencies scale (CCS) psychometric properties: Application for trainee counselors in Malaysia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(11): 144-152

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