Validation of a Multicultural school psychology competency inventory in school counselors

The purpose of this study was Scale Validation multicultural competence school psychology in school counselors. The method was correlational of kind Factor analysis. The statistical population of this study were male and female school consultants Gilan and Ardabil In the academic year 2015-2016, of which 302 counselor (157 women and 145 men) were selected by convenience sampling method. Multicultural school psychology competency inventory, Cultural intelligence questionnaire and Minnesota Job satisfaction questionnaire used to data gathering. Data were analyzed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and Pearson correlation. The results of the validation method the internal consistency showed that reliability scale Multicultural school psychology competency through Cronbach's alpha was 0/95. Studies related to the face validity, concurrent, former and the structural was confirms validity of the scale. The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that such as mail form this scale has three factors such as Client-Centered knowledge and skills, Second Language & Non-Traditional Skills and Introspection Awareness & Skills. According to the results of this study, Multicultural school psychology competency is tools reliable and valid for assessing amount competency of school counselors multicultural.