Self-Compassion, Mindfulness and Wellbeing in Counselors-in-Training

The purpose of this study was to examine if self-compassion and mindfulness predict wellbeing in counselors-in-training. The sample was made up of counselors-in-training from CACREP accredited programs in the WACES region of the United States (N=45). Data was collected from three scales including the Self-Compassion Scale, Five Facet Mindfulness Scale and the Psychological Wellbeing Scale. To analyze the data, a simultaneous regression was used to determine if self-compassion and mindfulness significantly predicted wellbeing in counselors-in-training. The results showed that self-compassion and mindfulness was positively correlated with wellbeing and significantly predicted 64.9% of the variance in wellbeing for counselors-in-training. The results also indicated that self-compassion alone was consistently the strongest predictive factor.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Fairbanks, Lea

Contributors dc:contributor

• Meaghan Nolte
• Susan Lonborg
• Stephanie Stein

• Self-Compassion
• mindfulness
• wellbeing
• wellness
• counselors-in-training
• Counseling
• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/380

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-1380