Investigating the Impact of Supervisee Attachment System Activation on the Supervisory Relationship

Author(s)

William Bradley McKibben, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Wesley B. Webber, The University of Alabama

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

The Clinical Supervisor

ISSN

1545-231X

Publication Date

7-13-2017

Abstract

Using a quasi-experimental design, the authors explored how supervisee attachment to supervisor predicted the supervisory relationship after recalling critical feedback from a supervisor. To examine effects of supervisee attachment system activation, participants were randomly assigned either to recall critical feedback from a supervisor (experimental condition) or to list objects in the room (control condition). Anxious and avoidant attachment to supervisor significantly predicted the supervisory relationship, but there were no significant differences among participants in either condition in predicting the supervisory relationship. Results are discussed in light of attachment theory, and implications for further investigating attachment dynamics in supervision are presented.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/07325223.2017.1345340

Volume

36

Issue

2

First Page

324

Last Page

339

NSUWorks Citation

McKibben, W. B., Webber, W. B. (2017). Investigating the Impact of Supervisee Attachment System Activation on the Supervisory Relationship. The Clinical Supervisor, 36(2), 324-339.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1553