Counselor’s Crisis Self-Efficacy Scale: A Validation Study

Nearly every day, news reports cover new major local, state, national, and international crisis situations. A purposeful sample of 171 master’s-level counseling students was administered the Counselor’s Crisis Self-Efficacy Scale (CCSES) prior to and following the completion of a crises intervention preparation course for mental health responders. The purpose of this research study was two-fold: (a) validate the CCSES and (b) examine the influence of a course in crises intervention on the preparedness of beginning counselors’ perceived self-efficacy. Findings indicated that the CCSES was a valid and reliable instrument and counseling students had greater levels of crisis self- efficacy following participation in the crises intervention course.