Academic Journal
An Investigation Of Altruism And Personality Variables Amongbeginning Counseling Students
| العنوان: | An Investigation Of Altruism And Personality Variables Amongbeginning Counseling Students |
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| المؤلفون: | Schmuldt, Laura |
| المصدر: | Electronic Theses and Dissertations |
| بيانات النشر: | University of Central Florida |
| سنة النشر: | 2006 |
| المجموعة: | University of Central Florida (UCF): STARS (Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | counselor education, altruism, FIRO-B, MBTI, Education |
| الوصف: | Altruism is loosely defined as a desire to help others as well as acts and behaviors towards that end, particularly when no expectation of personal gain or reward exists (Batson, Fultz, Schoenrade & Paduano, 1987). It seems likely that individuals who choose to pursue acareer in counseling might be doing so out of some altruistic interest; in other words a desire to come to the aid of others in distress. It has been noted as well that some individuals may enter the counseling profession based more on self-interest; for example, as "wounded healers" hoping to work on personal issues (Wheeler, 2002). Some researchers (Shapiro &Gabbard, 1996) hypothesize that overstated altruism may lead to burn-out and fatigue among some counselors whereas those who have limited altruism may have difficulties empathizing with clients. Despite the apparent relevance of altruism to counseling as a profession, very few studies have investigated the level of altruism among those in the field. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between altruism and personality variables in beginning counseling students. It is currently unclear to what extent altruism is a state (situational) vs. a trait (inherent). Grasping a greater sense of what constitutes altruistic behavior among beginning counseling students may benefit researchers in understanding the potential difficulties Shapiro & Gabbard (1996) suggest; i.e., burn-out, limited empathy or even self-gratification. The population in this study was 87 students entering a Master's degree in Counselor Education at a large, public institution in the Southeastern Unites States. The subjects completed the following assessments at orientation to their program: The Robinson-Heintzelman Inventory (an instrument designed to study altruism vs. self-interest in counselor education students), the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B). It was hypothesized that higher scores on altruism would ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/971; https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=etd |
| الاتاحة: | https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/971 https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=etd |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.97F1DD97 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |