Profiles of counselors and counselor candidates in Türkiye: social issues advocacy, resilience, empathy, self-efficacy, and burnout

BACKGROUND: Promoting social issues advocacy among counselors and counselor candidates is critical to providing support to disadvantaged individuals and institutions. The present study utilized latent profile analysis to explore the patterns of social issues advocacy, resilience, empathy, self-efficacy and burnout among counselors and counselor candidates. METHODS: = 22.79, SD = 3.77, range = 18-41). RESULTS: The results indicated a three-profile solution: unconcerned advocates (9.8%), resilient advocates (50.3%), and fragile advocates (39.9%). The findings are discussed and recommendations are provided. CONCLUSIONS: The implications have been discussed.