Are All Nondisclosures Created Equally? An Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Content of Supervisee Nondisclosure
2018
This study examined the factor structure of supervisee
disclosure in clinical supervision. An original survey measure was
created for this study, the Supervisee Disclosure Scale (SDS).
Through exploratory factor analysis eight specific content areas of
supervisee disclosure were identified. The eight specific content
areas of supervisee disclosure include: Perceived Clinical
Inadequacy, Transference Issues, Strengths of the Supervisory
Relationship, Clinical Successes, Self, Weaknesses of the
Supervisory Bond, Dissatisfaction with the Clinical Setting, and
Own Clinical Voice. Furthermore, this study examined the potential
relationship of clinical experience with the content areas of
supervisee disclosure. The results of this study support a
relationship between greater clinical experience and disclosure of
items related to Self but not with the other content areas.
Additionally, the bi-level factor structure of the Working Alliance
Inventory/Supervision-Short (WAI-SS) was validated via confirmatory
factor analysis. The bi-level factor structure of the WAI-SS
identifies a hierarchical structure of general alliance in addition
to the specific factors of task, bond, and goal. Lastly, this study
preliminarily evaluated the relationship between WAI-SS factors of
general alliance, task, bond, and goal and the preliminary specific
content areas of supervisee disclosure. The hierarchical factor of
general alliance was a statistically significant predictor for all
specific content areas of supervisee disclosure. The preliminary
findings of this study, highlight the important differences in the
relationships among the specific factors of the supervisory working
alliance and content areas of supervisee nondisclosure. The factor
of task was not significantly correlated with content areas of
supervisee disclosure and the factor of goal was only a significant
predictor for two content areas of disclosure: Strengths of the
Supervisory Relationship and Dissatisfaction with Clinical Setting.
The factor of bond was significantly correlated with six content
areas of supervisee disclosure and significantly predicted five
content areas: Strengths of the Supervisory Relationship, Clinical
Successes, Self, Weaknesses of the Supervisory Bond, and
Dissatisfaction with the Clinical Setting. This study contributes
specificity to the supervision literature on supervisee disclosure
and nondisclosure. The results of this study provide a
psychometrically sound foundation for future research to identify
aspects of the supervisory working alliance that may reduce
supervisee nondisclosure.
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