Advancing Social Justice in Counseling Psychology: Enlisting Student Voices Through a Mixed-Methods Study
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description: This mixed-methods study provided an empirical perspective of counseling psychology graduate trainees' social justice commitments. In the survey portion of the study, a national sample of trainees (n = 260) completed a web-based survey assessing their commitments to social justice and related personal and training variables. A sub-sample (n = 7) of trainees who identified as social justice activists on a number of indicators provided in-depth interview information regarding their personal, professional, and training experiences. Using a complementarity framework, survey and interview results supported political interest and spirituality as predictors of general activism. A general activism orientation was a strong predictor of social justice commitment specific to the profession of counseling psychology. Findings also revealed a need for future research clarifying the roles of training environment and social-group identities in predicting trainees' commitments to social justice.
abstract: This mixed-methods study provided an empirical perspective of counseling psychology graduate trainees' social justice commitments. In the survey portion of the study, a national sample of trainees (n = 260) completed a web-based survey assessing their commitments to social justice and related personal and training variables. A sub-sample (n = 7) of trainees who identified as social justice activists on a number of indicators provided in-depth interview information regarding their personal, professional, and training experiences. Using a complementarity framework, survey and interview results supported political interest and spirituality as predictors of general activism. A general activism orientation was a strong predictor of social justice commitment specific to the profession of counseling psychology. Findings also revealed a need for future research clarifying the roles of training environment and social-group identities in predicting trainees' commitments to social justice.
author: Beer, Amanda
language: eng
keywords: Education, Guidance and Counseling
date published: 2015-09-25T19:55:05Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:13Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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