ERIC Number: EJ1165682
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 15
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Self-Efficacy, Attachment Style and Service Delivery of Elementary School Counseling
Ernst, Kimberly; Bardhoshi, Gerta; Lanthier, Richard P.
Professional Counselor, v7 n2 p129-143 2017
This study explored the relationships between demographic variables, self-efficacy and attachment style with a range of performed and preferred school counseling activities in a national sample of elementary school counselors (N = 515). Demographic variables, such as school counselor experience and American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model training and use, were positively related to performing intervention activities that align with the ASCA National Model. Results of hierarchical regression analyses supported that self-efficacy beliefs also predicted levels of both actual and preferred service delivery of intervention activities. Interestingly, self-efficacy beliefs also predicted higher levels of performing "other" non-counseling activities that are considered to be outside of the school counselor role. An insecure attachment style characterized by high anxiety predicted a lower preference for intervention activities and also predicted the discrepancy between actual and preferred "other" non-counseling activities, revealing a higher preference for performing them.
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Self Efficacy, School Counseling, School Counselors, Elementary Schools, Regression (Statistics), Intervention, Counselor Role, Program Implementation, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables, Correlation, Rating Scales, Surveys, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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