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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MASTER'S LEVEL COUNSELING PRACTICUM STUDENTS' WELLNESS AND CLIENT OUTCOMES
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TitleTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MASTER'S LEVEL COUNSELING PRACTICUM STUDENTS' WELLNESS AND CLIENT OUTCOMES
AuthorO'Brien, Elizabeth
KeywordsCounselor Wellness
Client Outcomes
AbstractClient outcome research focuses primarily on three specific aspects of therapy: therapist technique, client behaviors and therapeutic interaction. The term "therapeutic interaction" focuses on the relationship between the counselor and the client, and is often ignored in client outcome research. Counselor specific contributions to the therapeutic process are called therapist characteristics may be an innovative way to assess how counselors' impact clients' outcomes in counseling. For the purposes of this study administering the Five Factor Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle and the Outcome Questionnaire to master's level student counselors assessed therapist characteristics. The Outcome Questionnaire was administered to clients at a community-counseling clinic at two points and a delta score was calculated to create the variable "client outcome." In order to test the research hypotheses, 70 master's level counseling students completed both the Five Factor Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle and the Outcome Questionnaire. These scores were then matched with master's level counseling students' client delta scores, which created the dependent variable. The results of the multiple regression analysis indicated no statistically significant relationship; therefore the null hypotheses were accepted as the constructs student counselor wellness and client outcomes were not related. Results of the study were summarized and discussed, limitations of the study were explored and recommendations for future research were proposed.
AdviserRobinson, Edward (Mike)
PublisherUniversity of Central Florida
DegreePh.D.
Degree DisciplineDepartment of Child, Family and Community Sciences
Degree GrantorEducation
Degree ProgramCounselor Education
Graduation Date2007-01-01
TypeDoctoral dissertation
Access LevelPublic - Allow Worldwide Access
Release Date2008-03-01
RepositoryUniversity Archives
Repository CollectionElectronic Theses and Dissertations
IdentifierCFE0001557
Access Linkhttp://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0001557

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