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THE EFFECT OF AN ONLINE FORGIVENESS IN COUNSELING WORKSHOP ON COUNSELORS' KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS ABOUT USING INTERPERSONAL FORGIVENESS IN COUNSELING

Skolnicki, Michele Schmidt

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2016, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences.
THE EFFECT OF AN ONLINE FORGIVENESS IN COUNSELING WORKSHOP ON LICENSED COUNSELORS' KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS ABOUT USING INTERPERSONAL FORGIVENESS IN COUNSELING (163 pp.) Co-Directors of Dissertation: Cynthia J. Osborn, Ph.D. Donald L. Bubenzer, Ph.D. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effects of an asynchronous 2-hour online forgiveness in counseling workshop on licensed counselors’ knowledge and beliefs about using interpersonal forgiveness in counseling. Research suggests that Forgiveness Therapy or using forgiveness in counseling decreases trait anger and aggression and helps to decrease anger with many kinds or hurts or offenses (Enright & Fitzgibbons, 2015). However, it appears that most clinicians do not address forgiveness as a practice with their clients. Participants were 75 licensed counselors (ages 23–73) who completed the Knowledge of Forgiveness in Counseling Survey developed for this study and Part 2 of the Forgiveness Attitudes Questionnaire (FAQ, Kanz, 2000). Dependent t-tests were conducted and results suggest that licensed counselors through completing the workshop gained knowledge about forgiveness, their beliefs became more similar to researchers’ beliefs about forgiveness, found forgiveness in counseling more useful, and reported a greater likelihood to use a forgiveness approach in counseling. Pearson r analyses indicated that an increase in knowledge did not suggest that counselors found forgiveness more useful, nor more likely to use forgiveness. Results suggested when counselors’ beliefs became more similar to researchers’ beliefs, they found forgiveness more useful (but not more likely to use it). Hence, more research is needed to determine which variable(s) contribute to counselors’ likelihood to use forgiveness
Cynthia Osborn, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Donald Bubenzer, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
163 p.

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  • Skolnicki, M. S. (2016). THE EFFECT OF AN ONLINE FORGIVENESS IN COUNSELING WORKSHOP ON COUNSELORS' KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS ABOUT USING INTERPERSONAL FORGIVENESS IN COUNSELING [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1478961544764378

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Skolnicki, Michele. THE EFFECT OF AN ONLINE FORGIVENESS IN COUNSELING WORKSHOP ON COUNSELORS' KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS ABOUT USING INTERPERSONAL FORGIVENESS IN COUNSELING. 2016. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1478961544764378.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Skolnicki, Michele. "THE EFFECT OF AN ONLINE FORGIVENESS IN COUNSELING WORKSHOP ON COUNSELORS' KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS ABOUT USING INTERPERSONAL FORGIVENESS IN COUNSELING." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1478961544764378

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)