상담자 발달수준과 상담회기평가의 관계

Abstract

This study verified the mediating effect of the real relationship perceived by the counselor on the relationship between the counselor’s developmental level and the counseling session evaluation in counseling. In particular, the study aimed to verify the real relationship perceived by the counselors mediated the relationship between the counselor’s development levels and counseling outcome. For measuring counseling outcome, Session Evaluation Questionnaire which measures immediate counseling outcome was used in this study. To this end, a survey was conducted on counselors who have a case more than 3 sessions across the country. Based on a total of 209 data, SPSS 23.0 was used for technical statistics and correlation analysis. After that, to verify the mediating effect, a structural equation model analysis and the bootstrapping procedure were conducted using AMOS 25.0. The results of the study are as follows. First, the levels of counselor development was positively correlated with the session evaluation. Second, the levels of counselor development was positively correlated with the real relationship perceived by the counselors. Third, the real relationship perceived by the counselors was positively correlated with the session evaluation. Fourth, the real relationship perceived by the counselors partially mediated the relationship between the levels of counselor development and the session evaluation. This study showed that the counselor development levels and the real relationship perceived by the counselors significantly affect the counseling outcome. In addition, the study found a new counseling relationship variable, the real relationship which has not been studied much in Korea by verifying that real relationship partially mediated the relationship between the counselor development levels and counseling outcome.