• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.301-319
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• 2018

The purpose of this research was to verify the mediating effects of countertransference management ability and each of its subscales, i.e. self-insight, self-integration, empathy ability, anxiety-management, and conceptualizing skills, in the effect of supervisor supports on psychological burnout of novice counselors. For this purpose, 202 novice counselors who have experience of supervision less than 3 years in counseling experience were studied. The results of the analysis were as follows : First, The supervisor supports were positively related to countertransference management skill and all its five subscales. Additionally, supervisor supports, countertransference management skill, and its five subscales were proved to negatively related to psychological burnout. second, The verification of mediating effects of countertransference management skill in the relationship between supervisor support and psychological burnout demonstrated the complete mediation. third, The self-integration, empathy ability, anxiety-management completely mediated the relationship between supervisor supports and psychological burnout. and The self-insight, conceptualizing skills partially mediated the relationship between supervisor supports and psychological burnout. These results confirmed that countertransference management skill is a strong influential factor between supervisor supports and psychological burnout. Implications for clinical practice and directions for future research were also discussed.