The Effect of Counselor's Multicultural Sensitivity and Critical Consciousness on Social Justice Advocacy Competence

Objectives The purpose of this study was to specify the effects of both multicultural sensitivity and critical consciousness on social justice advocacy competency, and to analyze relative effectiveness of them on social justice advocacy competency. Methods Study subjects were 292 counselors who have engaged with professional experiences. Data were collected using test tools of ‘multicultural sensitivity’, ‘critical consciousness’ and ‘social justice advocacy competency’, and then collected data were statistically processed through descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. Results First, there were significantly positive correlations among counselor’s multicultural sensitivity, critical consciousness and social justice advocacy competency. Second, regarding the hierarchical effects of multicultural sensitivity, critical consciousness on social justice advocacy competency, was a more powerful predictor variable that predicting critical consciousness than multicultural sensitivity. Thirds, regarding the relative effect of multicultural sensitivity and critical consciousness on social justice advocacy competency, ssocial-political-participation, a sub variable of critical consciousness, was a most powerful predictor variable, and it was followed by egalitarianism, sub variables of multicultural sensitivity, repect for cultural difference, interaction confidence, interaction attentiveness. Conclusions According to this study, social-political-participation which is a sub variable of critical consciousness was the most effective predictor variable, it provides importance of practical participation in promoting social justice advocacy competency.