The Research Training Environment and Its Potential Influence on Graduate Level Counseling Students’ Attitudes Toward and Interest in Research

Many master’s level mental health practitioners exhibit negative attitudes toward and lack of interest in research and do not see the relevance to clinical practice. Practitioners and current graduate students often experience their first exposure to research in the research training environment of their graduate program. This paper will examine how graduate counseling students’ perception of the experience may be associated with attitudes toward and interest in research.