A Pilot Phase in the Development of the International Student Supervision Scale

Abstract

This study outlines the development of a scale designed to measure supervisory issues unique to international students. A factor analysis yielded a 1-factor scale that showed good internal consistency and was correlated with supervisees' acculturation level, satisfaction with supervision, and supervisors' sensitivity to diversity issues. Implications for supervision are addressed.Este estudio resume el desarrollo de una escala diseñada para medir los asuntos de supervision unicos a estudiantes internacionales. Un análisis del factor rindió una escala de 1 factor que mostró la consistencia interna positiva y la correlación con supervisa, el nivel de la aculturación, la satisfacción con la supervisión, y con la sensibilidad de supervisores a asuntos de diversidad. Las implicaciones para la supervisión se dirigen.

Training Level, Acculturation, Role Ambiguity, and Multicultural Discussions in Training and Supervising International Counseling Students in the United States

“…Based on our findings and other findings in the literature on the influence of multicultural discussion on other supervision related variables (e.g., Mori et al 2009;Nilsson and Dodds 2006), we support the construct of multicultural discussion in supervision as being valid and important to the understanding of multicultural and cross-cultural supervision.…”

“…SCK comprises three items, and assesses supervisees' perceptions of their multicultural knowledge in comparison to their supervisors' perceptions. Nilsson and Dodds (2006) reported an internal consistency of .94 for MD and .58 for SCK. Due to low reliability, the developers recommended that only the MD subscale be used.…”

“…In terms of validity, Nilsson and Dodds (2006) found that students who were less acculturated reported more frequent discussion of cultural issues in supervision. Students with higher MD scores were found to report greater satisfaction with supervision and rated their supervisors as more sensitive to cultural issues.…”

Allied healthcare undergraduate education: international students at the clinical interface

“…Communication was a theme common to Treloar et al 's (2000) study of international medical students at an Australian university; they found that students' communication issues were compounded by strong local accents. The associated patient usage of slang also impacts international students' clinical progress (Mori et al 2009;nilsson and dodds 2006).…”

The Influence of Supervisor and Supervisee Matching, Role Conflict, and Supervisory Relationship on Supervisee Satisfaction

“…Guanipa (2002) developed an instrument that assesses attention given by supervisors to multicultural issues in supervision. Likewise, Nilsson and Dodds (2006) developed the International Student Supervision Scale, which assesses issues that affect international students, such as challenges in speaking or understanding English and learning the US culture. Other work has focused on sexual orientation in supervisioneither fostering sexual minority supervisees' skills (Pfohl 2004) or how to supervise cases involving sexual minority clients (Halpert et al 2006;Long and Lindsey 2004).…”