Supervision Styles and Topics Discussed in Supervision

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine level of agreement between supervisors and supervisees about the most important topics they discussed and about styles of supervision used. Chi-square analyses of data collected on 86 doctoral student supervisors and 161 master's degree supervisees over a 10-week period showed that supervisors and supervisees agreed to a significant degree about the most important topics discussed and the style used by the supervisor. Actual amounts of agreement are not high despite statistical significance, thus raising questions about clinical significance.