Date of Award
1-1-2015
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology
Program
Counseling Psychology
Content Description
1 online resource (vii, 89 pages) : illustrations.
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Myrna L Friedlander
Committee Members
Michael V Ellis, Mary Lee Nelson
Keywords
alliance, attachment, counseling, psychology, relational behavior, supervision, Supervision, Graduate students, Allied mental health personnel, Counselors, Interpersonal relations
Subject Categories
Clinical Psychology | Counseling Psychology | Psychology
Abstract
Supervision research has demonstrated the importance of a strong supervisory working alliance in the context of clinical training. However, little is known about what specifically occurs in clinical supervision that contributes to a strong supervisory working alliance. The present study of counselor trainees was designed to investigate relations among their avoidant attachment style, perceptions of relational behaviors used by their supervisors in the most recent supervision session, and the supervisory working alliance. Competing hypotheses stated that greater use of relational behavior on the part of supervisors would either mediate or moderate the inverse relationship between trainees' avoidant attachment style and their perceptions of the supervisory working alliance.
Recommended Citation
Shaffer, Katharine Suzanne, "Supervisee avoidant attachment and supervisors' use of relational behavior : contributions to the working alliance" (2015). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 1504.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/1504