Date of Award
Spring 5-2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Educational Studies and Research
Committee Chair
Lilian H. Hill
Committee Chair Department
Educational Studies and Research
Committee Member 2
Kyna Shelley
Committee Member 2 Department
Educational Studies and Research
Committee Member 3
Linda L. Harper
Committee Member 4
Thelma J. Roberson
Committee Member 4 Department
Educational Leadership and School Counseling
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between adult educators‘ multicultural effectiveness scores and their negotiation of similarities and differences scores. The participants were in faith-based institutions, specifically Christian churches and in graduate adult education programs of universities and colleges in the United States. Multicultural effectiveness was measured by the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) that the authors reported measured multicultural effectiveness as the primary, encompassing variable. The MPQ is a five-point Likert scale with 91 items. The MPQ reliability was a Cronbach‘s alpha of .82 (Van der Zee & Van Oudenhoven, 2000). The Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale (M-GUDS) measured the negotiation of similarities and differences. The M-GUDS is a six-point Likert scale with 45 items on the long form and 15 items on the short form. Its internal consistency and reliability were high measuring Cronbach‘s alpha .89 (Miville et al., 1999). There were 40 participants in the study.
A Pearson Correlation indicated a significant correlation, r(38)=.59, p
Copyright
2014, Elizabeth Conerly Smith
Recommended Citation
Smith, Elizabeth Conerly, "Faith-based and Graduate Adult Educator's Negotiation of Similarities and Differences Among People as an Indicator of Their Multicultural Effectiveness" (2014). Dissertations. 52.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/52
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