Humility, differentiation of self, and clinical training in spiritual and religious competence

ABSTRACT

Spiritual and religious (S/R) competence is an important yet under-studied area of clinical multicultural competence. In a sample of clinicians who attended seminars on a specific S/R group training model, we examined the roles of humility and differentiation of self (DoS) in predicting S/R attitudes and S/R self-efficacy, as well as perceived barriers to implementing this training model in clinical settings. DoS mediated the relationship between humility and S/R self-efficacy, but not between humility and S/R attitudes. Further, four barriers emerged to implementing the presented training model. A discussion of the findings and implications for training are included.

KEYWORDS:

• Spiritual and religious competence
• spirituality
• religion
• clinical training

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.