First-year Counselors-in-Training and Perceptions of the Group Environment

Linwood G Vereen; Lynn Bohecker; Anna Elliott; Kirsten LaMantia; Hailey Martinez; Nathanial Burrow

doi:10.1007/s10447-019-09381-x

First-year Counselors-in-Training and Perceptions of the Group Environment

Linwood G Vereen, Lynn Bohecker, Anna Elliott, Kirsten LaMantia, Hailey Martinez, Nathanial Burrow

School of Behavioral Sciences

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Abstract

 This exploratory study examined the impact of three process groups for first-year, first-semester
 master’s degree students (N = 20, total). The Group Environment Scale (GES; Moos 1994,
 2002), Forms I (Ideal) and R (Real), were utilized to measure the participants’ ideal perceptions
 and real perceptions of the small group environment. The overall results show that cohesion,
 leader support, task orientation, order/organization, and leader control were critical aspects of
 the experience. A group facilitator impact was found when comparing the results from the three
 different groups. Implications for group work training and future research are presented.

Original language	American English
Journal	International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling
Volume	41
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-019-09381-x
State	Published - May 6 2019

Keywords

Group perceptions
Counselors-in-training
Group work training

Disciplines

Counseling
Counselor Education

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