Development and psychometric evaluation of the Counseling Women Competencies Scale (CWCS)

Julie R. Ancis; Dawn M. Szymanski; Nicholas Ladany

doi:10.1177/0011000008316325

Development and psychometric evaluation of the Counseling Women Competencies Scale (CWCS)

Julie R. Ancis, Dawn M. Szymanski, Nicholas Ladany

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This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Counseling Women Competencies Scale (CWCS). The CWCS is designed to assess clinicians' self-perceived competencies with regard to therapeutic practice with diverse female clients. Through an extensive review of the literature on counseling women and expert review by 32 members of the Section for the Advancement of Women (Division 17, APA), content validity was supported. Exploratory factor analysis, conducted on a sample of 321 male and female counseling and psychology graduate students and professionals, supported a two-factor model consisting of knowledge/skills and self-awareness factors. Findings also provided support for the internal consistency reliability and construct (convergent, divergent, and incremental) validity of the scale.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	719-744
Number of pages	26
Journal	Counseling Psychologist
Volume	36
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000008316325
State	Published - Jul 2008
Externally published	Yes

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