Feminist Supervision and Supervisee Nondisclosure: The Mediating Role of the Supervisory Relationship

Author(s)

William Bradley McKibben, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Ryan M. Cook, University of AlabamaFollow
Melissa J. Fickling, Northern Illinois UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

The Clinical Supervisor

ISSN

1545-231X

Publication Date

9-10-2018

Abstract

In this study, the authors investigated the predictive relationship between a feminist supervisory approach and supervisee nondisclosure, along with the potential mediating effect of the supervisory relationship. Among a sample of master's-Ievel counseling interns (N = 111), supervisees who perceived more feminist behaviors from their supervisor were more likely to rank the supervisory relationship as stronger and were less likely to report withholding information from their supervisor. Furthermore, the supervisory relationship partially mediated the link between feminist supervision and supervisee nondisclosure. Implications for supervisors and researchers are discussed,

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/07325223.2018.1509756

Volume

38

Issue

1

First Page

38

Last Page

57

NSUWorks Citation

McKibben, W. B., Cook, R. M., Fickling, M. J. (2018). Feminist Supervision and Supervisee Nondisclosure: The Mediating Role of the Supervisory Relationship. The Clinical Supervisor, 38(1), 38-57.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1594