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An Attributional Approach to Counselor Supervision
Author(s) -
STERNITZKE MARY ELLEN,
DIXON DAVID N.,
PONTEROTTO JOSEPH G.
Publication year - 1988
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/j.1556-6978.1988.tb00782.x
Subject(s) - attribution , psychology , attribution bias , perspective (graphical) , psychological intervention , perception , social psychology , process (computing) , applied psychology , counselor education , higher education , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , neuroscience , computer science , operating system , political science , law
The supervision process is examined from an attributional perspective. Counselor supervision is conceptualized as an interactional process in which trainees learn to describe and manage cause‐effect relationships. Attribution theory from the social psychological literature is reviewed, and common biases and errors in the attribution process are discussed in terms of their relationship to supervision. Finally, several interventions are proposed to help supervisors minimize the influence of these attributional biases on their own and their trainees' perceptions and behaviors.