"First-year Counselors-in-Training and Perceptions of the Group Environment" by Linwood G Vereen

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First-year Counselors-in-Training and Perceptions of the Group Environment

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling (2019)

Linwood G Vereen, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Lynn Bohecker, Liberty University
Anna Elliott, Montana State University-Bozeman
Kirsten LaMantia, Southeast Missouri State University
Hailey Martinez, Grand Canyon University
Nathanial Burrow, University of Northern Colorado

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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

Counseling and
Counselor Education

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