The Mediating Role of Differentiation in the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Working Alliance

<p>This study involved a mediation analysis exploring the relationship of counselor’s perceptions of mindfulness and working alliance through differentiation of self. Sample data (<em>N</em>=80) was collected and analyzed using the PROCESS mediation model to quantitatively determine the indirect effect of counselor’s perceptions of mindfulness and their perceptions of working alliance through the variable of differentiation of self. This indirect effect was not statistically significant, <em>b</em> = .08, 95% CI [-.11, .25], therefore no mediating effect was demonstrated for differentiation. A follow-up moderation analysis was also conducted on these same three variables. Results revealed that at low levels of differentiation of self, a counselor’s mindfulness does not matter, but at scores ≥ 3.00 on the Differentiation of Self Inventory’s 6-point Likert scale, mindfulness and working alliance are significantly related, <em>t</em>(76) = 1.99, <em>p</em> = .05, <em>b</em> = .29.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

One-year Embargo

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Counselor Education and Supervision (ExCES)

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Thompson, Caleb P.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jered B. Kolbert
• Matthew Joseph
• Louis Jocelyn Gregoire

• Mindfulness
• Differentiation of Self
• Working Alliance
• Mediation
• Quantitative
• Dissertation
• Counselor Education

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1832

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-2870