Multicultural psychology is complex and involves the interface between multiple systems and multiple social locations.  It is important to understand how multiple social identities (e.g., race and gender, class and sexual orientation, etc.) recursively structure our lived experiences, personal identities, and psychological processes within an ecological framework.  How does adopting such an ecological approach allow us to understand counselors’ ability to engage in effective multicultural counseling with culturally diverse children, adolescents, and adults?

Title(s): Associate Professor

Education: Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Affiliations:

Member, American Counseling Association (ACA)
Member, American Psychological Association (APA)
Member, APA Division 17, Society of Counseling Psychology
Member, APA Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues
Member, Community Engagement Committee, Division 17
Editorial Board Member, Training and Education in Professional Psychology
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Social Action in Counseling and Psychology
Editorial Board Member, Psychology of Men and Masculinities

Research interests:

My research interests include: (1) multicultural counseling training and competence - investigating ways to increase counselors’ effectiveness in addressing culture; (2) perfectionism - examining maladaptive effects (i.e., anxiety, depression) of perfectionism on mental health among culturally diverse populations; (3) self-empowerment of adolescents - exploring risk and resiliency factors among culturally diverse youth.

Recent publications:

Selected publications:

Mobley, M., Slaney, R. B., & Rice, K. G. (2005). Cultural validity of the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised for African American college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology. *

Frazier, C., Mintz, L., & Mobley, M. (2005). A Multidimensional look at religious involvement and psychological well-being among urban elderly African-Americans. Journal of Counseling Psychology. *

Mobley, M., & Pearson, S. M. (2004). Blessed Be the Ties That Bind. In J. M. Croteau, J. S. Lark, T. Lance, K. J. Bieschke, & Y. B. Chung (Eds.), Deconstructing Heterosexism in the Counseling Profession: Multicultural Narrative Voices. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Chen, H., Mallinckrodt, B., & Mobley, M. (2002). Attachment patterns of East Asian international students and sources of perceived social support as moderators of the impact of U.S. racism and cultural distress. Asian Journal of Counselling, 9, 27-48. R*

Slaney, R. B., Rice, K. G., Mobley, M., Trippi, J., & Ashby, J. S. (2001). The Revised Almost Perfect Scale. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 34, 130-145. R*

Neville, H. A., & Mobley, M. (2001). Social identities in context: An ecological model of multicultural counseling psychology processes. The Counseling Psychologist, 29, 471-486. R

Worthington, R. L., Mobley, M., Franks, R. P., & Tan, J. A. (2000). Multicultural counseling competencies: Verbal content, counselor attributions, and social desirability. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47, 460-468. R*

Slaney, R. B., Chadha, N., Mobley, M., & Kennedy, S. (2000). Perfectionism in Asian Indians: Exploring the meaning of the construct in India. The Counseling Psychologist, 28, 10-31. R*