ERIC Number: EJ1408699
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-210X
EISSN: EISSN-2381-2338
Supervisor Emotional Maturity, Psychological Safety, and Traumatic Stress in College Student Affairs
R. Jason Lynch; Chelsea Gilbert
College Student Affairs Journal, v41 n2 p32-51 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic placed an immense amount of stress on student affairs professionals, who were exposed to numerous potentially traumatic events as a result of changing workplace environments, health and safety risks, and their emotional support of students. This study explored the impact of supervisor emotional maturity on supervisee trauma exposure response through the mediating effect of psychological safety for a sample of student affairs professionals employed at 4-year institutions. Results indicated that supervisees who felt that their supervisors were more emotionally mature felt more psychologically safe and that this psychological safety predicted lower adverse reactions to both primary and secondary traumatic stress in workplace contexts. Implications for the training and development of student affairs supervisors are explored, as well as for further research into the construct of emotional maturity as it relates to supervision.
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Supervisors, Emotional Intelligence, Maturity (Individuals), Safety, Psychological Needs, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, COVID-19, Pandemics, Emergency Programs, Emotional Response
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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