Supervision Satisfaction: What Impacts Masters Level Supervision When Reviewing Supervisor Category and Student Concentration?

The purpose of this study is to examine the satisfaction ratings of masters counseling students with their group, doctoral, and off-site supervisors. The researcher hypothesized that doctoral students supervisors and clinical mental health would demonstrate higher levels of overall student satisfaction. Two-hundred and ninety-eight supervisor evaluations were utilized for this study. A regression was initially run to test for satisfaction ratings, but no power or significance was found after running the statistical analysis. Therefore, the researcher ran a one-way ANOVA (after categorizing the type of supervision into two subgroups: faculty and nonfaculty). The results were as follows: the faculty yielded higher ratings of satisfaction, and students in the school program indicated higher levels of satisfaction