Professional Counselors’ Interest in Counseling Older Adults

Wagner, Nathaniel J.; Mullen, Patrick R.; Sims, Rachel A.

doi:10.1002/adsp.12078

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“…Studies have shown that sports counseling based on individualized protocols has positive influences at all levels of physical activity practice and physical fitness (Miller, Ogilvie, & Adams, 2000;Proper, 2003). In accordance with the results of our study regarding the responsibilities of the sports counselor, studies conducted on adults have shown that the counseling process has led to an increased in self-esteem, awareness of personal needs and preferences, increased interest in promoting an active, correct and healthy proactive lifestyle (Wagner, Mullen, & Sims, 2019;Bilon, & Kargul, 2012;McBride, & Hays, 2012;Dı̇nç, & Özbek, 2019).…”

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Ranking of the education and social benefits, the responsibilities, the professional competencies of sport counseling process in the opinion of sports and physical education experts

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2020

International Journal of Sport, Exercise &Amp; Training Sciences

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The aim of this study was assessing and ranking in terms of practical importance of the responsibilities and professional skills of sports counselor included in the specific occupational standard, in the vision of sports professors and coaches; identifying the level of correlation between responsibilities and professional skills of sports counselor. Methods: The research included 471 specialists in physical education and sports training the professional competencies and responsibility questionnaire of the sports counselor was applied (qrcpsc) and divided in 2 scales: scale 1: Responsibilities of the sports counselor and scale 2 professional competencies of sports counselor, assessed by participant using SPSS and the Likert scale. Results: Cronbach's Alpha for the questionnaire QRCPSC of the scale 1 Sports counselor responsibilities questionnaire was α = .947, and for scale 2 Professional competencies of sports counselor was α = .963, all value suggesting that the items had high internal consistency. It is guiding sportspeople in solving the professional problems which they have in different moments of their career and giving sports advice for the professional problems. Conclusion: Career and practical development in sports counseling is based on the impact which responsibilities and professional competency of sports counselors are reflected in the vision of experts with major influence on student's mentality, sports recreational and physical education experts.

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confidence: 88%

Ranking of the education and social benefits, the responsibilities, the professional competencies of sport counseling process in the opinion of sports and physical education experts

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2020

International Journal of Sport, Exercise &Amp; Training Sciences

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“…Our data do not provide conclusive evidence to answer the question of why this reduction has occurred. In light of scholarship focused on student and professional interest in gerontology (Foster et al, 2014; Wagner et al, 2019) and accreditation standards (Fullen, 2018), further efforts to understand what influences the rate of GC publishing in specific journals, such as ADSP , are certainly warranted.…”

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“…The counseling profession has established a need for research and best practices for counseling older adults because of its emphasis on development across the life span (Kampfe, 2015;Myers & Harper, 2004), student and professional interest in gerontology (Foster et al, 2009(Foster et al, , 2014Fowler & Hoquee, 2016;Wagner et al, 2019), and legislative advocacy opportunities (Bergman, 2013). With Medicare reimbursement for counselors as a primary focus of legislative advocacy efforts (Field, 2017;Fullen, 2016), there is a need to legitimize gerontological counseling (GC) as a credible area of competency for counseling professionals, both as an avenue for improving client care across the life span and as proof that the counseling profession possesses relevant educational and training competencies to substantiate inclusion of counselors as Medicare-eligible providers (Bergman, 2013).…”

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