Exploring Individual Determinants of Counselors’ Intention to Seek Supervision Services

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dc.contributor.authorKiarie, Jane M.
dc.contributor.authorMwenje, Margaret K.
dc.contributor.authorKiptiony, Gladys J.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-04T11:03:33Z
dc.date.available2020-07-10T14:01:05Z
dc.date.available2024-03-04T11:03:33Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-30
dc.descriptionJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough numerous insights have been generated into the process of counseling supervision, the individual determinants that steer counselors into seeking and adopting counseling supervision have been not been well documented, especially in a developing country like Kenya. This paper utilizes the Theory of Planned Behaviour by Ajzen (1985), which integrates the three (3) dimensions of attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control, that are hypothesized to influence counselors intention to seek counseling supervision services. The research design is a correlational, cross sectional research design, employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques. A sample of 117 practicing and accredited Counselors in Nairobi County, Kenya was used. Data was collected using a 14 item Likert Scale questionnaire adapted from items used in previous institutional research. Data analysis utilized the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 to explore significant relations among the research variables. Multiple linear regression yielded a significant model explaining 31.7% (R2 =.317, F (3, 104) =16.120, p<0.05) of the variance in the intention to seek counseling supervision. The results provide critical insights on the complexity of counselors' intention to seek supervision services. Correlation analysis suggests that Intention Decision correlated positively with Attitude (r =0.522; p < 0.01). However, the relationship between Subjective Norm (r=-0.76; P > 0.01) and Perceived Behavioural (r) 0.21; P >0.01) was not statistically significant. The three antecedents of intention account for 31.7% of the variance in intention to seek. This implies that there are other variables that are not included in this study, that account for 68.3% of the variance in intention to seek supervision services. Further, the data suggests that there were significant relationships between intention to seek supervision services and two of the variables of the study namely Attitude (β=.600, p<0.05) and Subjective Norm (β= -0.116, p<0.05). However, Perceived Behavioural control had p >0.05, hence were not significant predictor of counselors intention to seek counseling supervision services. The study recommends development of a programme to promote the uptake of counseling supervision and reduce the negative impact risk of subjective norm. Further, the paper calls for concerted efforts aimed at the individual counselor to improve the uptake and adoption of counseling supervision.
dc.description.sponsorshipPAC Universityen_US
dc.identifier.citationJane Metumi Kiarie et al.; Sch. J. Arts. Humanit. Soc. Sci., Oct 2017; 5(10C):1495-1504en_US
dc.identifier.issn2347-5374
dc.identifier.issn2347-9493
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.pacuniversity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2931.2
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherScholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesvol.5;No.10
dc.subjectAttitudeen_US
dc.subjectSubjective Normen_US
dc.subjectPerceived Behavioural Controlen_US
dc.subjectTheory of planned Behavioren_US
dc.subjectCounseling Supervisionen_US
dc.subjectCounseloren_US
dc.subjectSupervisoren_US
dc.titleExploring Individual Determinants of Counselors’ Intention to Seek Supervision Servicesen_US
dc.typeArticle
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