The Effects of Self-Efficacy on Interpersonal Relationships according to General Characteristics of Trainee Counseling Psychologists

Necessity of counseling is emerging for modern people who are experiencing mental and psychological difficulties and suffering due to problems and stress caused by interpersonal relationships in the global competition era. Modern people feel that counseling has an important effect on mental health, and have recognized that the importance and role of counselors is very important. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand the differences between self-efficacy and interpersonal relationships and influences according to the general characteristics of trainee counseling psychologists. The study was conducted on 166 trainee counseling psychologistsin Ulsan Metropolitan City. As the analysis method, frequency analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, t-test, and one-way ANOVA were performed using the SPSS program, and regression analysis was performed on the causal relationship between variables. Results of the study First, as a result of analyzing differences in self-efficacy according to the general characteristics of trainee counseling psychologists, it was found that there was a significant difference in the means between groups in self-efficacy according to age and monthly income level. This means that the self-efficacy according to the general characteristics is significantly different between groups at age and monthly income levels, which means that groups in their 40s and over 5 million won are highly aware of self-efficacy. Second, in the interpersonal relationships according to the general characteristics of the trainee counseling psychologists, there was a significant difference in the mean between groups according to gender and monthly income level. This means that the interpersonal relationships based on the general characteristics show significant average differences between groups at gender and monthly income levels, which means that female group over male group and the group of monthly income between 4 million won to 4.99 million won perceive interpersonal relationships higher.Third, self-efficacy perceived by trainee counseling psychologists was found to have a positive effect on interpersonal relationships. This means that the higher the self-efficacy factor perceived by the preliminary psychological counselor, the higher the interpersonal relationships. This study is considered to be the basic data for the preparation of a program for the formation of a positive interpersonal relationships between trainee counseling psychologists.