Profiles of counselors and counselor candidates in Türkiye: social issues advocacy, resilience, empathy, self-efficacy, and burnout
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Promoting social issues advocacy among counselors and counselor candidates is critical to providing support to disadvantaged individuals and institutions. The present study utilized latent profile analysis to explore the patterns of social issues advocacy, resilience, empathy, self-efficacy and burnout among counselors and counselor candidates. METHODS: = 22.79, SD = 3.77, range = 18-41). RESULTS: The results indicated a three-profile solution: unconcerned advocates (9.8%), resilient advocates (50.3%), and fragile advocates (39.9%). The findings are discussed and recommendations are provided. CONCLUSIONS: The implications have been discussed.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Counseling Practices and Supervision
Problem Solving Skills Development
Psychological Treatments and Assessments
Publication details
- Journal / source
- BMC Psychology
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Publication date
- 18 May 2026
- Language
- EN