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Mindfulness and Counseling Self‐Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Attention and Empathy
Author(s) -
Greason Paige Bentley,
Cashwell Craig S.
Publication year - 2009
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.1556-6978.2009.tb00083.x
Subject(s) - mindfulness , empathy , psychology , path analysis (statistics) , clinical psychology , self efficacy , psychotherapist , counseling psychology , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
This study examined the predictive relationship between mindfulness and counseling self‐efficacy and the potential mediating effects of attention and empathy. Master's‐level counseling interns and doctoral counseling students ( N = 179) were surveyed to determine levels of mindfulness, attention, empathy, and counseling self‐efficacy. Pearson product‐moment correlation coefficients revealed significant pairwise relationships between the 4 variables of interest. A multiple‐mediator path analysis supported the hypotheses that mindfulness is a significant predictor of counseling self‐efficacy and that attention is a mediator of that relationship. Results suggest that mindfulness may be an important variable in the development of key counselor preparation outcomes.