Effects of a Counseling Supervision Program Based on the Cognitive Model on Reducing Performance Anxiety among Counselor trainees in Jordan

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the effects of a training
program based on the cognitive model of supervision in reducing
performance anxiety level among counselor trainees in Jordan. The
sample of the study consisted of (60) male and female 3rd and 4th
year students in counseling psychology at Yarmouk University, who
were registered in the courses of Skills and Techniques of
Psychological Counseling and Practicum of Psychological
Counseling. They were randomly assigned into an experimental group
which was trained by the program based on the cognitive model in
counseling supervision, and a control group trained by conventional
methods. The results of the study revealed that the performance
anxiety level of the experimental group was statistically lower than the
control group. The results also revealed that there were statistical
significant differences in the behavioral domain due to the interaction
between group and gender, study year and gender and group, and
gender and study year, and there were statistically significant
differences in the cognitive domain and overall scale due to the
interaction of group, gender and study year.