The wisdom of psychological counselors in counseling situations and its relationship with some variables

Abstract

This research dealt with the variable of counselors' wisdom in counseling situations and includes eight dimensions (self-knowledge, emotional management, altruism, inspiring participation, judgment, knowledge of life, life skills, desire to learn) and its relationship with some demographic variables represented by (gender - specialization - years of service). The research aimed to identify the significance of differences in counselors' wisdom in counseling situations according to the variable: (gender - specialization - years of service). The researcher adopted the descriptive comparative approach to study his research variables. The research sample consisted of (180) male and female counselors. He adopted the balance theory of the scientist "Sternberg 1998" to formulate (54) paragraphs for the counselors' wisdom scale in counseling situations. Then he performed validity and reliability procedures, and the data were processed using the (Spss) program. The research sample) enjoyed wisdom in counseling situations according to the dimensions of the scale, and the interaction between the three variables (gender - specialization - years) was not statistically significant. In light of the results of this research, the researcher presented some important conclusions, recommendations and proposals