Women’s Experience with a Mindful Eating Course on a University Campus: A Pilot Study

Background: Weight and eating are sources of distress for many women and most weight-loss diets fail to sustain their effects over time. Mindful eating focuses on the processes involved in eating (e.g., hunger, satiety, emotion) rather than on the regulation of weight, and is grounded in mindfulness meditation practices. Purpose: The purpose of this mixed-methods pilot study was to understand the experiences (attitudes, feelings, behaviors) of participants taking a course in mindful eating, and to know in what respects this approach showed promise for women in general. Methods: Seven university staff and faculty women (ages 37 - 59, BMI 21.76 – 40.42) participated in mindful eating classes taught over an 8- week period. Qualitative data were analyzed using intrinsic case study design, supported by pre- and postmeasures of mindful eating and disordered eating. Results: Three major themes were derived: Increased Awareness, New Behaviors in Eating, and Barriers to Practice, with notable experiences in limiting food intake. According to the MEQ, there was a significant increase in the Awareness domain (p = .045). Conclusion: Mindful eating can be incorporated into daily life and offer a way for women to regulate and enjoy their eating. Although there are challenges in making time for the practices, the study supports further exploration of mindful eating as both preventative and health-enhancing for women

Assessing Supervision\u27s Clinical and Multicultural Aspects: The Supervision Outcome Scale\u27s Psychometric Properties

Relatively few measures are available to assess supervision’s impacts on supervisees and the clients they serve, despite the potential value of information from those measures in improving supervisors’ practice. This article describes the development of the Supervision Outcome Scale (SOS) and reports its psychometric properties. Results from the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with 2 independent samples of counseling and clinical psychology doctoral students indicated that SOS measures 2 distinct constructs related to impacts of supervision: clinical competence outcome (decrease in client symptoms, improvement in supervisee competence) and multicultural competence outcome (improvement in supervisee multicultural competence). SOS was also found to have adequate internal reliability and concurrent validity, as it correlates significantly with supervisory working alliance. Research and training implications on SOS as a useful tool to track both supervisee and supervisor development are discussed

The mother–daughter Shared Agency in Weight Management Scale (SAWMS): development, validation, and implications for body dissatisfaction

BackgroundMuch research suggests that mothers play an important role in shaping daughters' body image, yet less is known about how mother-daughter relationship dynamics in weight management affect daughters' body dissatisfaction. The current paper described the development and validation of the mother-daughter Shared Agency in Weight Management Scale (SAWMS) and examined its associations with daughter's body dissatisfaction.MethodsIn Study 1 (N = 676 college students), we explored the factor structure of the mother-daughter SAWMS and identified three processes (control, autonomy support, and collaboration) whereby mothers work with daughters in weight management. In Study 2 (N = 439 college students), we finalized the factor structure of the scale by conducting two CFAs and assessing the test-retest reliability of each subscale. In Study 3 (same sample as Study 2), we examined the psychometric properties of the subscales and their associations with daughters' body dissatisfaction.ResultsCombining results from EFA and IRT, we identified three mother-daughter dynamics in weight management-maternal control, maternal autonomy support, and maternal collaboration. However, based on various empirical results indicating poor psychometric properties of the maternal collaboration subscale, we removed it from the mother-daughter SAWMS and only evaluated the psychometric properties of the remaining two subscales (i.e., control and autonomy support). They explained a significant amount of variance in daughters' body dissatisfaction over and above the effect of maternal pressure to be thin. Maternal control was a significant and positive predictor of daughters' body dissatisfaction; maternal autonomy support was a significant and negative predictor.ConclusionsResults suggested that maternal control in weight management was associated with daughters' increased body dissatisfaction, whereas maternal autonomy support in weight management was associated with daughters' lower body dissatisfaction. These specific ways in which mother work with daughters in weight management provide nuances in understanding young women's body dissatisfaction. Our SAWMS offers new ways to examine body image among young women through the mother-daughter relationship dynamics in weight management

Explaining the Alcohol Immigrant Paradox: Perspectives from Mexican American Adults

Native-born Latinx Americans are at greater risk for alcohol use and misuse than their foreign-born peers (i.e., the alcohol immigrant paradox). To understand this phenomenon, we conducted a qualitative study with Mexican American adults in the community to explore their perspectives on reasons that may explain the alcohol immigrant paradox. Community adults from the Southwest United States were recruited to participate in the present focus group study (N = 32, Mage = 32.8, 63.0% women). Participants shared their observations, beliefs, and lived experiences regarding alcohol use and misuse during in-person semi-structured interviews. Using a combination of grounded theory and consensual qualitative research approaches, we identified three key themes that illuminated Mexican Americans’ perspectives regarding factors that may underlie the immigrant paradox in alcohol involvement: (1) exposure to risks in the U.S., (2) loss of Mexican values that are protective against alcohol misuse, and (3) deterrents specific to immigrants. Participants’ perceptions for reasons that explain nativity differences in alcohol use were consistent with erosion theory. To the effect of considering negative drinking-related social consequences, participants indicated that this nativity difference also may explain the immigrant paradox in alcohol involvement. This type of immigrant-specific deterrents to engaging in (hazardous) drinking is not currently represented in the literature. New knowledge gleaned from Mexican Americans’ perspectives can inform future research that examines the possible mechanisms and moderating conditions that underlie the alcohol immigrant paradox

Correction to: Training Public Sector Clinicians in Competency-Based Clinical Supervision: Methods, Curriculum, and Lessons Learned (Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, (2021), 10.1007/s10879-021-09499-3)

The original version of this article unfortunately contained error in affiliation section. All the affiliations are linked erroneously to all the authors in the article. Now, the correct author group along with their corresponding affiliations are listed here. The original article has been corrected

Training Public Sector Clinicians in Competency-Based Clinical Supervision: Methods, Curriculum, and Lessons Learned

This article describes an initiative to train public sector clinicians in competency-based clinical supervision. It was delivered as an 18-session course taught online to clinicians employed in departments of behavioral health in nine Southern California counties. The curriculum was co-constructed by a team of clinical supervision scholars and leaders who then served as instructors. Each two-hour meeting addressed a specific topic for which a training video had been prepared, usually featuring a member of the training team who had expertise in that topic. The second part of each meeting focused on a class member’s supervision case presentation. Those presentations revealed 35 themes; the four most frequently occurring were: developing supervisees’ clinical competencies, addressing countertransference and parallel process, balancing clinical and administrative supervisory roles, and addressing record keeping/paperwork. Participants’ pre-to-post supervisory self-efficacy changes demonstrated a moderate effect size (Cohen’s d =.46) for the training, with the greatest pre- to post-training changes being in the use of technology, multicultural competencies (awareness of oppression, bias, and stereotyping in clinical work and in clinical supervision), and contracting. They reported that the strengths of the course included an inclusive learning environment and opportunities to reflect on and apply new knowledge and skills, though they also reported struggling with the assignments and the course platform software. Lessons learned reflected the use of technology in this online program, the importance of obtaining buy-in from agency decision makers and being prepared to address challenges related to the use of direct observation in supervision, gatekeeping, and enacting the simultaneous roles of administrative and clinical supervisor