Abstract
<p>Although cultural humility has become a central professional orientation inmulticultural counseling, researchers have rarely examined its underlying structureoutside Western contexts. Therefore, using data from 126 Japanese mental healthprofessionals and graduate students, this study translated, culturally adapted, andpsychometrically evaluated the Japanese version of the Multidimensional CulturalHumility Scale. Target-rotated exploratory structural equation modeling supported arevised 4-factor, 11-item structure consisting of Openness, Self-Awareness,Egolessness, and Self-Reflection and Critique, eliminating one Openness item and theentire Supportive Interactions dimension. This revised scale showed adequate internalconsistency and a clear, simple structure. Its criterion-related validity was supported aswell: after controlling for socially desirable responding, associations with interculturalsensitivity and working alliance remained substantial. These findings suggest an item-and factor-level reorganization of cultural humility within the Japanese counselingcontext, rendering cross-cultural adaptation as less a matter of linguistic transfer than ofempirically recontextualizing a psychological construct within local models of the selfand interpersonal relationships.</p>