Influence of Supervision Factor on Role Difficulties Among Counsellor Trainees in University Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas)

Ghazali N. M., Lee M. F., WanJaafar W. M. and Anuar A.
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Ghazali N. M.: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
Lee M. F.: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
WanJaafar W. M.: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
Anuar A.: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2018, 590-599 Special Issue: 2

Abstract: Counsellor trainees have to play many roles simultaneously during supervision. Although all the roles and expected behaviour are well-defined, counsellor trainees find it hard to acquire and learn all the roles since all the expectations from the roles come at the same time, causing role difficulties. Role difficulties refer to role conflict and role ambiguity. Presence of role difficulties highly associated with to work-related anxiety, dissatisfaction with clinical work and supervision as well, shown by previous studies. This is a correlational research with quantitative nature. 85 counsellor trainees who under practicum supervision from UNIMAS will be recruited as respondents, by using stratified random sampling. The data collected will be analyzed using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression. There are four (4) research instruments being used. Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity Inventory (RCRAI) is used to measure role difficulties, Counselling Self-estimate Inventory (COSE) is used to measure the level of self-efficacy, Trainee Anxiety Scale (TAS) is used to measure the level of anxiety and Supervisory Working Alliance Inventory – Trainee (SWAI – T) is used to measure the level of working alliance during supervision. The finding of the research showed that there is no significant relationship between supervision factors and role difficulties. There is also no significant influence of supervision factors on role difficulties. Moreover, anxiety showed r(88) = 0.46, p

Keywords: Role difficulties; Self-efficacy; Anxiety; Working alliance; Supervision factors. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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