Author : Grant M. Sasse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781321515862
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (158 download)
Book Synopsis Investigating the Effects of Dogmatism on Openness and Empathy in Counselors-in-training by : Grant M. Sasse
Download or read book Investigating the Effects of Dogmatism on Openness and Empathy in Counselors-in-training written by Grant M. Sasse and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous research suggests dogmatism levels are inversely related to openness and empathy levels, but the majority of the studies do not examine how dogmatism, openness, and empathy relate to each other and, potentially, to counselor effectiveness. The literature reveals a research gap in knowledge pertaining to dogmatism's interaction with openness and empathy in Master's-level counselors-in-training (CIT) and the possible impact on their development into effective counselors. This study addressed this gap in the literature as well as the potential role of dogmatism in counselor education gatekeeping. In this study, dogmatism was the independent variable; openness and empathy were the two primary dependent variables. A total of 208 Master's-level students from CACREP accredited counseling programs participated in this national study. To obtain participants, survey invitation emails were sent to CACREP accredited program liaisons and the CACREP liaisons passed the survey invitation emails to their students. Students were invited via email to participate in the online study. Participants were asked to respond to questions using the demographics questionnaire, Updated Dogmatism Scale (Shearman & Levine, 2006), Miville-Guzeman Universality-Diversity Scale -Short Form (Fuertes, Miville, Mohr, Sedlacek, & Gretchen, 2011), and Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (Reniers, Corcoran, Drake, Chryane, & Völlm, 2011a). To account for participants' levels of social desirability, the Short Form C of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (Reynolds, 1982) was used. Relationships between CIT's levels of dogmatism, openness, and empathy were explored. In addition, the impact of the amount of credit hours the CIT completed on their levels of dogmatism, openness, and empathy was investigated. The research questions for the study were addressed using quantitative analyses, including descriptive statistics, correlational analysis, and linear regressions. A number of significant results were found to include dogmatism being found negatively correlated with openness.