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The relationship among personality, professional identity, self-efficacy, and professional counselor advocacy actions.

Kautzman-East, Melanie A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1458984970

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Counselor Education and Supervision.
Through advocacy over approximately three decades the counseling profession has achieved professional rights and benefits of other mental health providers (e.g., licensure nationwide, third party reimbursement). However, professional counselors continue to encounter barriers that hinder providing services to those in need of mental health services. There is a consensus among counselors that continued profession-focused advocacy actions are important to the profession, yet there is no comprehensive model of advocacy and little is known about the characteristics of successful advocates. This empirical study controlled for relevant demographic variables while examining the predictive relationship of personality traits, self-efficacy, and professional identity on advocacy actions among licensed professional counselors (N = 207). Advocacy actions were studied using an ecological approach, including micro-level, meso-level, and macro-level advocacy actions. Findings of three hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that the overall model of personality traits, self-efficacy, and professional identity predicted advocacy actions in all levels of advocacy actions. When controlling for other independent variables in the model, micro-level advocacy actions were predicted by the personality trait Intellect and the demographic variable years of experience. Meso-level advocacy actions were predicted by the personality trait Extraversion and professional identity variable knowledge of the profession. Macro-level advocacy actions were predicted only by the professional identity variable knowledge of the profession. These findings indicated that the variables studied here made unique and significant contributions to advocacy actions in licensed professional counselors. Implications for counselor education, counseling supervision, and future research are discussed.
Robert Schwartz (Advisor)
Varunee Faii Sangganjanavanich (Committee Member)
Kristin Koskey (Committee Member)
Delila Owens (Committee Member)
Sean X Cai (Committee Member)
178 p.
Counseling Education
advocacy; counseling; personality; self-efficacy; professional identity; multiple regression

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  • Kautzman-East, M. A. (2016). The relationship among personality, professional identity, self-efficacy, and professional counselor advocacy actions. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1458984970

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kautzman-East, Melanie . The relationship among personality, professional identity, self-efficacy, and professional counselor advocacy actions. . 2016. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1458984970.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kautzman-East, Melanie . "The relationship among personality, professional identity, self-efficacy, and professional counselor advocacy actions. ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1458984970

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