Abstract
The study considers the psychological characteristics of individuals from different cultures, reveals the problems facing counselors from different cultures, and identifies the challenges facing psychological counseling for people with different cultures. The study was limited to analyzing the content of cross-cultural studies and articles that dealt with the subject of psychological counselling and psychological characteristics, but not other topics. The study included cross-cultural studies from 2017 until 2022, and the study procedures were completed in 2022. In the study, the researcher used the descriptive analytical method in its style of content analysis. The results of the study indicate that there were differences in some psychological characteristics of individuals depending on the variable of culture within the limits of the studies on which the research was conducted, as the characteristics included mental alertness, altruism, cultural intelligence, general compatibility, academic self-concept, self-confidence, creative abilities, and quality of marital life. The results also indicated that there was agreement in the trends towards psychological illness, motivation to achieve, and psychological immunity within the limits of the studies on which the research was conducted. The results indicate the challenges faced by psychological counseling for people with different cultures, such as the difference in psychological characteristics, the difference in problems, the difference in interpretation of verbal and non-verbal behavior, and the attitudes of the counselor and the guided toward other cultures.
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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
PSYCHOLOGICAL,COUNCELING,CULTURAL,VAEIABLES
