Counselor Trainee Achievement Goal Orientation and the Acquisition of Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy Skills

The relationship between trainee achievement goal orientation and acquisition of time-limited dynamic psychotherapy (TLDP; H. H. Strupp & J. L. Binder, 1984 ) skills was examined. Counselor trainees ( n = 28) completed the Achievement Goal Tendencies Scale ( T. Hayamizu & B. Weiner, 1991 ) a...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 1998-04, Vol.45 (2), p.189-195
Main Authors: Kivlighan, Dennis M, Schuetz, Steven A, Kardash, CarolAnne M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement
Acquisition
Biological and medical sciences
Brief Psychotherapy
Counseling
Counseling Techniques
Counselor Training
Female
Goal Orientation
Goal setting
Goals
Health staff related problems. Vocational training
Human
Male
Medical sciences
Occupational training
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapeutic Techniques
Psychotherapy
Skill Learning
Skills
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Student Educational Objectives
Therapist Trainees
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Summary:The relationship between trainee achievement goal orientation and acquisition of time-limited dynamic psychotherapy (TLDP; H. H. Strupp & J. L. Binder, 1984 ) skills was examined. Counselor trainees ( n = 28) completed the Achievement Goal Tendencies Scale ( T. Hayamizu & B. Weiner, 1991 ) and saw a recruited client for 4 counseling sessions. The sessions were rated for trainee adherence to TLDP. Growth-curve analyses revealed a significant relationship between trainee learning goal orientation and pattern of TLDP skill acquisition. A relatively higher trainee learning goal orientation was related to a linear increase in use of TLDP specific strategies and to less midtraining decline in trainees' adherence to the psychodynamic interviewing style aspects of the TLDP model.
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.45.2.189