Doctoral Counselor Education Students' Levels of Research Self-Efficacy, Perceptions of the Research Training Environment, and Interest in Research
✍ Scribed by Glenn W. Lambie; Nicole Vaccaro
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-0035
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✦ Synopsis
Counselor educators are called to be effective researchers; however, limited study has investigated research constructs within counselor educators-in-training. This study investigated the levels of research self-efficacy , perceptions of the research training environment , and interest in research within a sample of counselor education doctoral students (N = 89). Doctoral students in their 3rd year of preparation had higher research self-efficacy scores than did 1st-and 2nd-year students. Additionally, higher research self-efficacy was associated with higher interest in research and scholarly publication experience. Implications for counselor education are discussed.
Counselor education doctoral preparation programs are designed to promote students' development of professional competencies in the areas of supervision, teaching, research and scholarship, counseling, and leadership and advocacy (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs [CACREP], 2009). More specifically, counselor education doctoral students are expected to develop their knowledge and skills in research and scholarship, including the ability to develop sound empirical research and publish findings in refereed counseling journals (CACREP, 2009; Section IV, E and F) because the "dissemination of research findings and sharing clinical perspectives are foundational to counselor education and in enhancing the profession of counseling" (Lambie, Sias, Davis, Lawson, & Akos, 2008, p. 18). However, the counselor education literature has shown a paucity of studies investigating constructs relating to research (e.g., research selfefficacy, interest in research) in counselor education doctoral students and has been a growing area of concern (e.g.,