Efficacy of group counselling on multicultural awareness and respect among Thai Buddhist and Thai Muslim students
This study examined the efficacy of structured, psychoeducational group counselling on multicultural awareness and respecting diversity among Buddhist and Muslim students in Thailand. Elements of intimacy sharing, self-awareness, ethnic identity, self-esteem, complex cognition, empathic
understanding and cooperation were structured in group sessions. The design was a controlled trial with 39 participants (22 Thai-Buddhists; 17 Thai-Muslims). The control group also attended 16 group sessions. Diversity respect and cultural awareness were measured by author-developed scales
with 0.70 and 0.80 reliabilities. One-way multivariate of variance (MANOVA) and covariance (MANCOVA) were used for data analysis. Results supported the hypothesis. Results are discussed and limitations are noted.
Keywords: Buddhist–Muslim; Thai students; diversity respect; group counselling; multicultural awareness
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Department of Psychology and Guidance,Prince of Songkla University, 181 Jalernpradit RoadMuang DistrictPattani 94000, Thaliand
Publication date: 01 September 2011
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