Psychotherapy Training Via a Task‐based Assessment of the Multicultural Orientation Framework: A Pilot Study

This pilot study involved the development and initial testing of an applied Multicultural Orientation Performance Task (MCO-PT) and coding system. The MCO-PT was comprised of seven brief video simulations of cultural exchanges. Seventy-four graduate students recorded responses and then completed measures of desirable responding and multicultural competence. Research assistants coded the videos on three dimensions: cultural humility, cultural opportunities and cultural comfort (ICCs 0.61-0.97). Exploratory factor analysis yielded three factors that corresponded with the MCO constructs (alphas 0.77-0.97). Cultural opportunities were positively correlated with multicultural competence, and none of the subscales were associated with social desirability.