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The Effects of Supervisor's Race and Level of Support on Perceptions of Supervision
Author(s) -
Hilton Doreen B.,
Russell Richard K.,
Salmi Steven W.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1995.tb01794.x
Subject(s) - supervisor , race (biology) , psychology , perception , anxiety , inclusion (mineral) , social psychology , clinical psychology , management , psychiatry , sociology , neuroscience , economics , gender studies
The effects of supervision support and supervisor race were examined in a 2 × 2 factorial design (high vs. low support × African American vs. Caucasian supervisor), with the inclusion of a no‐supervision control condition. Sixty Caucasian women served as counselors in two counseling sessions with a confederate client. They were supervised by 1 of 6 experienced supervisors—3 African American and 3 Caucasian. Dependent variables included measures of counselor anxiety, perceived performance, satisfaction, and perceptions of the supervisory relationship. Results revealed a significant main effect for supervisor level of support but no significant effects for supervisor race. Implications of the findings and directions for future research are discussed.