{"title":"A mixed methods study of Black/African American counselor wellness","authors":"Adrienne N. Erby, Connie T. Jones","doi":"10.1002/jcad.12498","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcad.12498","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using a mixed methods sequential explanatory design, the researchers investigated coping and wellness in a purposive, snowball sample of Black/African American counselors (<i>n</i> = 86). A simple linear regression measured the relationship between Africultural coping and wellness followed by an interpretative phenomenological analysis of focus group data. While Africultural coping was not a significant predictor of wellness, there was a statistically significant gender difference in Africultural coping with a small effect size. Gendered focus groups of men (<i>n</i> = 3) and women (<i>n</i> = 7) created from within the survey sample resulted in five themes addressing: (a) distinctive stressors, (b) coping, (c) having to do it all, (d) wellness as important, and (e) the role of connection. Implications and recommendations for the counseling profession are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":48104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcad.12498","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139007830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An investigation of healthcare professionals’ perspectives on the tasks of mental health counselors in hospital settings","authors":"Suelle Micallef Marmara’, Gülşah Kemer","doi":"10.1002/jcad.12499","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcad.12499","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, we attempted to understand what other healthcare professionals considered mental health counselors’ (MHCs) tasks in their hospital setting to facilitate medical and mental health services and enhance patients’ well-being. Using an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design (concept mapping), we obtained 3 regions of MHCs’ tasks (i.e., Overarching Roles and Responsibilities of MHCs in the Hospital Setting, MHCs’ Specific Roles in the Hospital Setting, and MHCs’ Roles and Responsibilities as a Multidisciplinary Team Member) represented in 11 clusters. We discussed the results with implications for MHCs, healthcare professionals, counselor educators, and researchers, along with the current study's limitations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcad.12499","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138603828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Missy Moore, Breanna V. Stubbs-Brown, Katherine M. Wood, Austen Bingham
{"title":"Using structural equation modeling to examine counselor interpersonal stress theory","authors":"C. Missy Moore, Breanna V. Stubbs-Brown, Katherine M. Wood, Austen Bingham","doi":"10.1002/jcad.12497","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcad.12497","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When counselors experience interpersonal stress, they appraise counseling events using a similar appraisal process as the well-known stress theory, the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping. Using structural equation modeling, we tested a mediation model representing the appraisal process in counselor interpersonal stress theory using a sample of professional counselors (<i>n</i> = 221). We hypothesized preventive resources and counseling self-efficacy would partially mediate the relationship between counselor interpersonal stress and counselor burnout. In the model, counselor interpersonal stress and preventive resources showed statistically significant direct effects on counselor burnout. Preventive resources partially mediated the relationship between counselor interpersonal stress and counselor burnout. Implications for clinical practice and counselor wellness are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135341857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elvita Kondili, Claudia G. Interiano-Shiverdecker, May Sabah
{"title":"A multilayered, dynamic model of refugee resilience: A grounded theory","authors":"Elvita Kondili, Claudia G. Interiano-Shiverdecker, May Sabah","doi":"10.1002/jcad.12496","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcad.12496","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The goal of this study was to explore the individual, cultural–relational–communal, and systemic factors associated with refugee resilience. Using constructivist grounded theory, we explored the concept of resilience through individual and focus group interviews with 21 refugees and 25 staff members working with this population in the United States. Our findings illustrate a multilayered and dynamic model that presents resilience in refugees as a fluid and complex phenomenon involving (a) individual, (b) community, and (c) societal conditions that either facilitate or hinder refugees’ ability to bounce back from the trauma(s) they have experienced. The authors discuss the implications of this model for developing a range of intervention strategies that aid in fostering refugee resilience at individual, community, and societal levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":48104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136234309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephanie Dorais, Daniel Gutierrez, Jesse Fox, Spencer G. Niles
{"title":"Can an apophatic meditation promote long-term adjustment in hope? A time-series model of centering meditation","authors":"Stephanie Dorais, Daniel Gutierrez, Jesse Fox, Spencer G. Niles","doi":"10.1002/jcad.12495","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcad.12495","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The authors investigate the effects of centering meditation on state hope among college and graduate students through a randomized controlled trial. Participants (<i>n</i> = 150; 65% white, 84% female) were randomized to either a centering meditation group or a waitlist control group. Time-series analyses indicated that centering meditation significantly improved hope, suggesting long-term dynamic adjustment, compared to a control group. Specifically, the autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) procedures indicated that the treatment group exhibited a statistically significant upward trend in hope, ARIMA (1, 1, 0). As expected, the control group's levels of hope were stationary, ARIMA (1, 0, 1). The study highlights the potential benefits of centering meditation as an evidence-based counseling intervention for improving hope in the college population.</p>","PeriodicalId":48104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcad.12495","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136234443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abigail Palmer Molina, Lawrence Palinkas, Yuliana Hernandez, Iliana Garcia, Scott Stuart, Todd Sosna, Ferol E. Mennen
{"title":"Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for minoritized Head Start mothers with depressive symptoms: A mixed method study","authors":"Abigail Palmer Molina, Lawrence Palinkas, Yuliana Hernandez, Iliana Garcia, Scott Stuart, Todd Sosna, Ferol E. Mennen","doi":"10.1002/jcad.12494","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcad.12494","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores minoritized mothers’ experiences in group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-G) and relates their experiences to treatment outcomes. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from 26 Latinx and Black mothers who participated in IPT-G. Mothers were divided into three groups: (1) not depressed at follow-up, (2) depressed at follow-up, and (3) those with subclinical symptoms throughout the intervention, and similarities and differences across groups were examined. Results showed that mothers not depressed at follow-up reported high levels of emotional safety in IPT-G, facilitating emotional processing. Mothers depressed at follow-up referenced the impact of stigma and had greater difficulty sharing their feelings and also reported lower socioeconomic status and higher levels of trauma. It appears that high levels of environmental stressors and difficulty developing trusting therapeutic relationships were related to experiencing depression at the conclusion of treatment. Alternatively, for many mothers, IPT-G provided within head start was an effective therapeutic option.</p>","PeriodicalId":48104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135730876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations between therapeutic working alliance, meaningful experiences, and affective distress","authors":"Ryan M. Cook, Corrine R. Sackett, Heather J. Fye","doi":"10.1002/jcad.12493","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcad.12493","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We used structural equation modeling to test client meaningful experiences in counseling and the therapeutic working alliance (TWA) as predictors of affective distress, controlling for clients’ age, gender, race and ethnicity, and length of counseling relationship. In a sample of 306 adult clients engaging in counseling, we a found statistically significant relationship between client meaningful experiences in counseling and the TWA (<i>r</i> = 0.80, <i>p</i> < 0.001). There was a significant and negative direct effect from client meaningful experiences in counseling to affective distress (<i>β</i> = −0.45, <i>p</i> < 0.001). However, we did not find a significant direct effect of the TWA on affective distress (<i>β</i> = −0.00, <i>p</i> = 0.97). Implications for counselors, supervisors, and counselor educators are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135884414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structural invariance of the Global Wellness Model: A national sample","authors":"Michael T. Kalkbrenner","doi":"10.1002/jcad.12492","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcad.12492","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Total wellness (combined physical and mental health) is an integral element in the professional identity of counselors. Counselors need wellness-based models with corresponding screening tools to measure their clients’ wellness. A number of sociodemographic disparities in mental and physical wellness exist among US adults. While a number of wellness models exist (e.g., Global Wellness Model), the literature is missing a model that has been tested for invariance (equivalent meaning) across extant wellness-based sociodemographic variables. Invariance testing is a crucial next step in this line of research, as it is not appropriate to apply a model in practice if the meaning of the model's latent trait differs between subgroups of the population. Results demonstrated that the Global Wellness Model was invariant by gender, ethnicity, help-seeking history, income, and education among a national sample (<i>N</i> = 772) of US adults. Results also revealed sociodemographic differences in Global Wellness by income and help-seeking history.</p>","PeriodicalId":48104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135804317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comparative analysis of counselors’ right to test over time: Implications for advocacy in the counseling profession","authors":"Rochelle Cade, A. Stephen Lenz","doi":"10.1002/jcad.12491","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcad.12491","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Counselor's right to utilize assessment, appraisal, and tests, and diagnose has substantive implications for professional counseling, counselor education, the provision of evidence-based practice, and supporting client development across the life span. We identified documents detailing licensure rules and regulations for counselors’ use of these clinical tools within the contiguous United States, Washington, DC, Alaska, Hawaii, and inhabited U.S. territories. Proportion comparisons over time, Fisher's exact test, and related effect sizes were computed to identify changes over time, as well as trends associated with regional professional association. Our results indicated increased representation over time of privileges allowing for the use of assessment, appraisal, and tests, and diagnosis within counselors’ scope of practice and educational requirements, but modest representation of normal assessment use and allowable/nonallowable assessments and tests. Furthermore, we identified statistically significant differences in the regional representativeness of diagnostic privileges. Implications for counselor education and individual and association-level advocacy are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135396137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Latent profiles of counselor burnout: Associations with self-discrepancy","authors":"Isak Kim, Donghun Lee, Janghee Lee, Sang Min Lee","doi":"10.1002/jcad.12488","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcad.12488","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The purpose of this research study was to identify heterogeneous counselor burnout profiles using a latent profile analysis (LPA) and examine the profiles in association with counselors’ personal and professional self-discrepancies in counselor qualities. Data from 360 practicing professional counselors were used for analysis. LPA identified four distinct profiles: Well-Adjusted Counselors (<i>n</i> = 167, 46.4%), Disconnected Counselors (<i>n</i> = 68, 18.9%), Impaired Counselors (<i>n</i> = 22, 6.1%), and Persevering Counselors (<i>n</i> = 103, 28.6%). A series of Chi-square tests indicated there were significant associations between the burnout profiles and self-discrepancies in some counselor qualities, such as “open-minded,” “stable,” “dependable,” “consistent,” “empathic,” “optimistic,” “trustworthy,” and “sociable.” Professional counselors are encouraged to identify their burnout profile and address personal and professional self-discrepancy, which may affect burnout symptomology.</p>","PeriodicalId":48104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counseling and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121838752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}