Effects of self-enhancement bias on perception of supervisory feedback in counseling.
The purpose of this study was to assess how the self-enhancement bias of beginning counselors affects their perceptions of negative feedback in counseling supervision. It was predicted that the self-enhancement bias of beginning counselors would help lower the perceived threat of a counseling supervision, and lower perceived threat would mediate positive interpretation of the feedback in a negative feedback condition. In Korea, 203 volunteer beginning counselors (M = 30.2 yr., SD = 6.7) were shown a videotaped counseling supervision session in which a counseling supervisor delivered either largely positive or largely negative feedback to a beginning counselor. After viewing the tape, these beginning counselors rated their perceptions of the supervision setting and feedback as ego-threatening. Results were consistent with predictions.
Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea. sohnnh@naver.com
Nan Hee
NH
Sohn
D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling / Q000193:education*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D011361:Professional Competence; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012649:Self Concept