A Cross-Cultural Study of the Self-Confidence of Counselors-in-Training

Autor: Sang Min Lee, Minhee Cho, Seongchan Lee, Eunbi Chang, Suhyun Suh, Sadi Fox, C. Veronica Crawford, Karin K. Hansing
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling. 40:255-266
ISSN: 1573-3246
0165-0653
Popis: In this era of globalization, cross-cultural comparison studies could help counselor training programs enhance educational opportunities that are informative, supportive, and culturally responsive to students. Counselors-in-training in both the United States and South Korea were sampled in this study assessing self-esteem (individual and collective) and counselor activity self-efficacy (CA self-efficacy). Results indicated that American students endorsed higher levels of collective self-esteem and CA self-efficacy compared to Korean students. Age was positively correlated with CA self-efficacy in both the American and Korean samples. Additionally, the variable of supervision hours and internship experience was positively correlated with CA self-efficacy for American students, but showed no relationship with CA self-efficacy for Korea students. Implications for understanding the cultural differences of counseling-trainees’ self-confidence and the need for conducting cross-cultural comparison studies to provide insights about the training and development of trainees in cross-cultural settings are discussed.
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