Abstract
This research focused on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which is one of the third wave Cognitive Behavioral approaches, and its core concept of psychological flexibility specific to the work environment of school counselors. In this regard, this study’s purpose was first to analyze the relationship between school counselors’ mindfulness and psychological wellbeing, second the mediating effect of work-related psychological flexibility in the relationship between mindfulness and psychological wellbeing. With this purpose in mind, The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Psychological Well-being Scale (PWBS), and Work-related Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (WAAQ) were used. The sample of the study consisted of 279 (72.5%) female and 106 (27.5%) male (N= 385) school counselors from diverse cities in Turkey. As a result of regression and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis, mindfulness significantly predicted school counselors’ psychological wellbeing, and work-related psychological flexibility partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and psychological wellbeing. The findings were discussed in light of the literature, and the implications were presented for increasing school counselors' psychological wellbeing based on mindfulness and psychological flexibility research and applications.
Highlights
Counseling is defined as a helping profession that strengthens individuals, families, and groups and helps them to fulfill their mental health, wellbeing, education, and career goals (American Counseling Association [ACA], 2010)
There was a positive correlation between mindfulness and psychological wellbeing (r= .35), a positive correlation between mindfulness and work-related psychological flexibility (r=.31), and again a positive correlation between psychological wellbeing and work-related psychological flexibility (r=.35)
Another recommendation is that the results of this quantitative research will be more significant and supportable when the concept of work-related psychological flexibility is investigated with in-depth qualitative data in individuals with certain characteristics
Summary
Counseling is defined as a helping profession that strengthens individuals, families, and groups and helps them to fulfill their mental health, wellbeing, education, and career goals (American Counseling Association [ACA], 2010). Is a helping profession that focuses on students' relationships and interactions with each other and with all kinds of environmental factors in the school environment and is offered to remove the barriers that reduce their school success (The Education Trust, 2009). Counseling and guidance were mostly addressed for the solution of educational and personal problems in the 1950s; orientation service further came to the forefront in the later years. It is known that teachers mostly performed the orientation function before it came to the forefront
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