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Mindfulness and Counseling Self‐Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Attention and Empathy

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Greason, Paige Bentley, Cashwell, Craig S.·2009·Counselor Education and Supervision
DOI 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2009.tb00083.x
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This study examined the predictive relationship between mindfulness and counseling self‐efficacy and the potential mediating effects of attention and empathy. Master's‐level counseling interns and doctoral counseling students (N= 179) were surveyed to determine levels of mindfulness, attention, empathy, and counseling self‐efficacy. Pearson product‐moment correlation coefficients revealed significant pairwise relationships between the 4 variables of interest. A multiple‐mediator path analysis supported the hypotheses that mindfulness is a significant predictor of counseling self‐efficacy and that attention is a mediator of that relationship. Results suggest that mindfulness may be an important variable in the development of key counselor preparation outcomes.

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  • Mindfulness boosts counselor self-efficacy.

    “Mindfulness has been shown to be an incredibly powerful self-care tool for counselors and counselors in training (Christopher et al. 2006) by increasing cognitive empathy, a protective factor for counselors (Fulton and Cashwell 2015), increasing cognitive flexibility and resilience for counselors (Leppma and Young 2016), boosting counselor self-efficacy (Greason and Cashwell 2009), providing a”

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    The Abstract reports that mindfulness significantly predicted counseling self-efficacy in a survey of 179 counseling students. But “boosting” implies a causal increase, which the study did not establish; the Implications section calls for an intervention study to provide causal data and for replication with experienced counselors. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Greason, P. B., & Cashwell, C. S.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina School of the Arts (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro (US)
Corresponding author
Greason, Paige Bentley
ORCID
Cashwell, Craig S.
Venue
Counselor Education and Supervision
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2009-09
Volume
49
Issue
1
Pages
2-19
ISSN
  • 0011-0035 (ISSN-L)
  • 1556-6978
DOI
10.1002/j.1556-6978.2009.tb00083.x
OpenAlex
W1979109622
Cited by
272
References
336
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 843 d)
Locations
  • Counselor Education and Supervision (publishedVersion)
  • NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Keywords
mindfulness, counselor self-efficacy, attention, empathy, mediation, counselor education

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