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A Qualitative Approach to School Counsellor Self-Efficacy: Sources and Enhancement Strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

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Hatice İrem Özteke Kozan*
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Department of Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Education, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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Address for correspondence: Hatice İrem Özteke Kozan, Department of Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Education, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, 42090, Turkey. Email: iozteke@erbakan.edu.tr
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Abstract

In the current study, the source of self-efficacy beliefs of school counsellors and enhancement strategies were investigated using a qualitative approach. A phenomenological research design was used in the current study. Nineteen school counsellors from Turkey participated in the study (11 of them female). For data collection, a semistructured interview technique was used, and for data analysis, thematic and content analyses were undertaken, resulting in particular themes and categories. Sources of school counsellor self-efficacy and likely enhancement strategies were collected under five themes: counselling skills, management of group behaviour, working with resistant students, consultation, and assessment techniques by using content analysis. Results were discussed in line with the literature and suggestions were given.

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self-efficacyschool counsellorqualitativecounselling
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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , June 2022 , pp. 107 - 123
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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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