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Supervisor Attachment, Supervisory Working Alliance, and Affect in Social Work Field Instruction
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Bennett, Susanne; Mohr, Jonathan; Deal, Kathleen Holtz; Hwang, Jeongha – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: This study focused on interrelationships among supervisor attachment, supervisory working alliance, and supervision-related affect, plus the moderating effect of a field instructor training. Method: The researchers employed a pretest-posttest follow-up design of 100 randomly assigned field instructors and 64 students in two…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Attachment Behavior, Work Environment, Training
Effects of Field Instructor Training on Student Competencies and the Supervisory Alliance
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Deal, Kathleen Holtz; Bennett, Susanne; Mohr, Jonathan; Hwang, Jeongha – Research on Social Work Practice, 2011
Objectives: This study of a field instructor (FI) training model, offered at two universities, focused on the relationship between student competencies, the supervisory alliance, and students' attachment styles. Method: The study used a pretest-posttest follow-up design of 100 randomly assigned FIs (training group = 48; control group = 52) and 64…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Counselor Training, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Attachment Behavior
Beginnings and Endings in Social Work Supervision: The Interaction between Attachment and Developmental Processes
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Bennett, Susanne; Deal, Kathleen Holtz – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2009
This article discusses the interaction of attachment processes and stages of social work student development within the field supervisory relationship and suggests ways supervisors can modify interactions with students. Attachment theory and research provide a framework for understanding innate capacities of students and the relational dynamics of…
Descriptors: Social Work, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Student Development
General and Supervision-Specific Attachment Styles: Relations to Student Perceptions of Field Supervisors
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Bennett, Susanne; BrintzenhofeSzoc, Karlynn; Mohr, Jonathan; Saks, Loretta Vitale – Journal of Social Work Education, 2008
This study extends research on the field supervisory relationship by examining general attachment style and supervision-specific attachment style in a sample of 72 master's-level social work students. Attachment variables were investigated in relation to student perceptions of the supervisory working alliance and supervisory style. Students with…
Descriptors: Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Social Work, Graduate Students
A Conceptual Application of Attachment Theory and Research to the Social Work Student-Field Instructor Supervisory Relationship
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Bennett, Susanne; Saks, Loretta Vitale – Journal of Social Work Education, 2006
This article conceptualizes an attachment-based model of the student-field instructor relationship, based on empirical research concerning internal working models of attachment, which continue into adulthood and serve as templates for life-long relating. Supportive relationships within a noncritical context are salient for effective supervision;…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Social Work, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Counselor Training