The Heart of Helping: Psychological and Physiological Effects of Contrasting Coaching Interactions
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: PEA facilitated the development of trust, rapport, and interpersonal closeness in the coaching relationship to a greater degree than the NEA.Additionally, coaching to the PEA fostered a promotion-oriented approach to goal pursuit (aspirational, compassionate, and passionate about goals), whereas coaching to the NEA stimulated a prevention-and performance-oriented approach (instrumental/proximal goals, prevention concerns, external expectations, and unidimensional focus).Participants reported greater willingness to strive toward goals set following the PEA than the NEA.Differences in autonomic functioning were not detected during the coaching conversations, but emerged subsequently as participants completed a goal setting task.Greater vagal withdrawal following PEA coaching indicated a heightened ability to be mindful, or attend to the task at hand.Taken together, these findings point to numerous advantages of the PEA, suggesting that it should be emphasized in relation to the NEA in order to foster development in coaching contexts.
Author: Angela M. Passarelli
Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Language: English
Topic: Coaching Methods and Impact
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2620665161