Counseling Self-Efficacy and Practicum Students: Contributions of Supervision
Open Access
- Author:
- Lorenz, Dawn Cheri
- Graduate Program:
- Counselor Education
- Degree:
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Document Type:
- Dissertation
- Date of Defense:
- June 18, 2009
- Committee Members:
- James Taylor Herbert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Taylor Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brandon Hunt, Committee Member
Jolynn Carney, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member - Keywords:
- counselor supervision
counseling self-efficacy - Abstract:
- The purpose of this study was to assess how supervisory styles, supervisory working alliance, and supervisor behaviors impact on the development of counseling self-efficacy during the practicum experience. Participants completed instruments related to demographic characteristics, supervisory style (Supervisory Style Inventory-Trainee), supervisor working alliance (Supervisor Working Alliance Inventory-Trainee), supervisor behaviors (Modified-Clinical Supervision Questionnaire), and counseling self-efficacy (Counseling Self-Estimate Inventory). Using path type models and multiple regression, this study showed that supervision components as a group (i.e., supervisory styles, supervisory working alliance, supervisory behaviors) are predictive of counseling selfefficacy at mid-semester and the end of supervision. Use of repeated measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) revealed statistically significant increases in counseling selfefficacy throughout the course of practicum and that incremental increases (i.e., Time One to Time Two; Time Two to Time Three) were also statistically significant. Earlier studies on supervisory styles, supervisor working alliance, supervisor behaviors, and counseling self-efficacy are discussed as well as implications for training and supervision. Future research recommendations on supervision, counseling self-efficacy, and supervision models are also provided.