Counseling Psychology Trainees' Perceptions of Training and Commitments to Social Justice

Autor/inn/en	Beer, Amanda M.; Spanierman, Lisa B.; Greene, Jennifer C.; Todd, Nathan R.
Titel	Counseling Psychology Trainees' Perceptions of Training and Commitments to Social Justice
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 59 (2012) 1, S.120-133 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0026325
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Counseling Psychology; Trainees; Principals; Counselor Training; Mixed Methods Research; Predictor Variables; Mail Surveys; Work Attitudes; Work Ethic; Student Attitudes; Training Methods; Graduate Students; Program Attitudes; Intention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Counselling psychology; Beratungspsychologie; Auszubildender; Weibliche Auszubildende; Principal; Schulleiter; Prädiktor; Erhebungsinstrument; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Arbeitsethos; Schülerverhalten; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin
Abstract	This mixed methods study examined social justice commitments of counseling psychology graduate trainees. In the quantitative portion of the study, a national sample of trainees (n = 260) completed a web-based survey assessing their commitments to social justice and related personal and training variables. Results suggested that students desired greater social justice training than what they experienced in their programs. In the qualitative portion, we used a phenomenological approach to expand and elaborate upon quantitative results. A subsample (n = 7) of trainees who identified as strong social justice activists were interviewed regarding their personal, professional, and training experiences. Eleven themes related to participants' meanings of and experiences with social justice emerged within 4 broad categories: nature of social justice, motivation for activism, role of training, and personal and professional integration. Thematic findings as well as descriptive statistics informed the selection and ordering of variables in a hierarchical regression analysis that examined predictors of social justice commitment. Results indicated that trainees' perceptions of training environment significantly predicted their social justice commitment over and above their general activist orientation and spirituality. Findings are discussed collectively, and implications for training and future research are provided. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10