Date of Award
12-2000
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Robert L. Betz
Second Advisor
Dr. C. Dennis Simpson
Third Advisor
Dr. Edward Trembley
Abstract
The relationship between supervisory identity development and supervisory experience, counseling experience, and training in supervision was investigated in this study. A developmental model of supervisory identity development was utilized, the Supervisor Complexity Model, in both the conceptualization of supervisory identity development and the measurement of supervisory identity development. Consequently, supervisory identity and some factors thought to effect its development are reviewed. Counseling professionals likely to be engaged in providing supervision services were surveyed by mail. Participants completed a measure of supervisory identity development, the Psychotherapy Supervisor Development Scale, and also indicated their supervisory experience, counseling experience, and training in the area of supervision. Multiple regression analyses were then performed to examine the relationship between supervisory identity development and supervisory experience, counseling experience, and training in supervision. Results indicate that supervisory experience and training in supervision account for a significant proportion of the variance of supervisory identity development scores. The implications of these findings, regarding supervisor development theory and practical applications, are reviewed.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Pelling, Nadine Joy, "Supervisory Identity Development and its Relationship to Supervisory Experience, Counseling Experience, and Training in Supervision" (2000). Dissertations. 1477.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/1477