Undocumented Immigrant Intervention Training for Counselors: A Quasi-Experimental Study on the MSJCC and Ethnic Tolerance

<p>The number of immigrants coming to the United States has tripled since the 1970s (Budiman, 2020). Due to various global and international factors, the numbers of immigrants arriving to the United States continues to increase yearly (Ward and Batalova, 2023). Of the 45+ million immigrants currently in the United States, more than 11 million are undocumented (Budiman, 2020; Chhabra et al., 2023). Research has found that being an undocumented immigrant in the United States comes with many additional challenges and limitations including financial, health, educational, and legal barriers (Allweiss & Hilado, 2018; Capps et al., 2013; Chhabra et al., 2023; Garcini et al., 2016; Garcini et al., 2018; Garcini et al., 2021; Hacker et al., 2015; Logan et al., 2021; Yakushoko, 2009). With more than a quarter of the United States' population being impacted by immigration and mental health implications as a result, it deems essential that counseling professionals receive evidence-based and culturally responsive training to support the mental health and wellness needs of the immigrant and undocumented immigrant communities. This study utilized a quasi-experimental methodology by which counselors were assessed on their multicultural and social justice counseling competencies and ethnic tolerance towards immigrants, then received a 3-hour training on best practices for counseling the undocumented immigrant community. The posttest results of the study showed the training positively influenced scores on multicultural and social justice counseling competence scores and ethnic tolerance. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Counselor Education

Year dc:date.available

2024

Author dc:creator

• Fullerton, Pamela

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Leonis Wright
• Dr. Daniel Koonce
• Dr. Patricia Robey

• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://opus.govst.edu/theses/149

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:opus.govst.edu:theses-1148