Article
First-year Counselors-in-Training and Perceptions of the Group Environment
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling
(2019)
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.
Keywords
- Group perceptions,
- Counselors-in-training,
- Group work training
Disciplines
Publication Date
May 6, 2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-019-09381-x
Citation Information
Vereen, L.G., Bohecker, L., Elliott, A. H., LaMantia, K., Martinez, H. N., & Burrow, N. M. (2019). First-year counselors-in-training and perceptions of the group environment. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 41(4) 609-622. doi: 10.1007/s10447-019-09381-x