SUPERVISORY ROLES STYLES AND COUNSELING SELF-EFFICACY: MEDIATING ROLE OF THE SUPERVISORY WORKING ALLIANCE

Abstract

This research aimed to examine the relationship between the supervisory roles and styles with counseling self-efficacy as mediated by supervisory working alliance. The research was carried out with 848 volunteer participants studying in their final year of the guidance and counseling undergraduate program in 15 different Turkish state universities. Counselor Activity Self-Efficacy Scale, Supervisor Roles Scale, Supervisory Styles Inventory - supervisee form and Supervisory Working Alliance Inventory - supervisee form were used for data collection. The maximum likelihood method was used in the structural equation modeling performed with latent variables. The significance of the mediation effect was tested by the bootstrapping procedure. According to the results of the analysis, the task-oriented style and guidance role affected the counseling self-efficacy significantly and positively. In addition, the supervisory working alliance had a full mediating role in the relationship between task-oriented style and adviser role with counseling self-efficacy. Findings showed the effect of task-oriented style and guidance role on counseling self-efficacy beliefs, but also supported that the supervision working alliance is a fundamental component of the supervision process.