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Mindfulness‐Based Awareness and Compassion: Predictors of Counselor Empathy and Anxiety
Author(s) -
Fulton Cheryl L.,
Cashwell Craig S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/ceas.12009
Subject(s) - empathy , psychology , mindfulness , compassion , anxiety , clinical psychology , multilevel model , counselor education , self compassion , variance (accounting) , psychotherapist , higher education , social psychology , psychiatry , accounting , machine learning , political science , computer science , law , business
Mindfulness‐based awareness and compassion were examined as predictors of empathy and anxiety among 152 master's‐level counseling interns. Results of hierarchical multiple regression analysis supported that awareness and compassion differentially contributed to explaining the variance in counselor empathy and anxiety. Implications for counselor education are discussed.