Reliability Analysis of Self-Efficacy in Dealing with Legal and Ethical Issues
A Preliminary Study on Trainee Counselors in Malaysia
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https://doi.org/10.32674/jise.v7i2.1208Keywords:
reliability, internal consistency, self-efficacy, ethics, trainee counselorsAbstract
The aim of this preliminary study is to disseminate the reliability of Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale (ELICSES). ELICSES consists of 23 items and it is used to measure trainee counselors’ self-efficacy in dealing with legal and ethical issues. We performed a small-scale study to assess the degree of reliability in a university setting. The findings revealed acceptable internal consistency reliability of the full scale and three subscales. Hence, the scale is an ideal instrument to measure trainee counselors’ self-efficacy in dealing with legal and ethical issues. However, we suggest the future researchers work on test-retest reliability and examine ELICSES across cultures involving multination.
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j.sbspro.2011.10.169
Ghazali, M., Mohd Noah, S., Wan Jaafar, W. M., & Hassan, S. A. (2017). The influence of wellness perception, emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, and counseling self-efficacy towards counselor trainees’ self-development. Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 3(2), 1369-1377. Retrieved from http://www.
onlinejournal.in
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Hang, J. (2016). Development and validation of the client ratings of counselor competence: Applying the Rasch measurement model (Doctoral Dissertation). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 5243. Retrieved from http://stars/library.ucf/etd/5243
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Wan Jaafar, W. M., Mohamed, O., Bakar, A. R., & Ahmad Tarmizi, R. (2011). Counseling self-efficacy among trainee counselor in Malaysia. Procedia-Social and Behavioral. Sciences, 30, 676-679. doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.130
Webb, N. M., Shavelson, R. J., & Haertel, E. H. (2006). Reliability Coefficients and Generalizability Theory, Handbook of Statistics, 26, 81-124. University Park, PA: Elsevier.
Wei, M., Tsai, P. C., Lannin, D. G., Du, Y., & Tucker, J. R. (2014). Mindfulness, psychological flexibility, and counseling self-efficacy. The Counseling Psychologist, 43(1), 39-63. doi: 10.1177/0011/000014560173
Zailinawati, A.H., Schattner, P., & Mazza, D. (2006). Doing a pilot study: Why is it essential? Malaysian Family Physician, 1(2&3), 70-73. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26498016
Zakaria, N. S. (2013). Counseling ethics education experience: An interpretive case study of the first year master’s level counseling students (Doctoral dissertation). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (UMI 3562075).
Zakaria, N. S., & Warren, J. (2016). Counseling ethics education: Teaching and learning development reformation. In I. H. Amzat, & B. Yusuf (Eds.), Fast forwarding Higher Education Institutions for Global Challenges: Perspectives and Approaches, 83-96. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-603-4
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Reliability Analysis of Self-Efficacy in Dealing with Legal and Ethical Issues: A Preliminary Study on Trainee Counselors in Malaysia. (2019). Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 7(2), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.32674/jise.v7i2.1208
