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ERIC Number: ED637171
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 128
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3799-5643-1
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Attitudes and Compassion of Student Counselors-in-Training toward Individuals Who Are Homeless
Kristine R. Gonzalez
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
With the increased numbers of homeless individuals over the past several years, it is important to consider factors that contribute to chronic homelessness, including barriers to service delivery that impede one's ability to exit homelessness. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the attitudes and compassion among student counselors-in-training (SCITs) toward individuals experiencing homelessness as these students represent future mental health providers who will be serving the homeless, a highly marginalized population. A total of 162 graduate students from two southwestern Hispanic-serving institutions were recruited for the study. A correlational analysis, independent t-tests, and one-way ANOVAs were conducted to identify significant results among attitudes and compassion of SCITs. Significant findings showed SCITs who reported more kindness were more mindful of others' pain, demonstrated more common humanity, and they identified structural causes (e.g., societal constraints) to be a primary cause of homelessness. SCITs who were more willing to interact with homeless individuals were also more likely to believe in structural causes as a primary cause of homelessness. The findings also showed more females, SCITs with a doctorate, SCITs who had completed over 75% of their program coursework, and SCITs "with" counseling experience reported higher levels of compassion. Future research and implications for counselor educators are provided. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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