Simply effective? The differential effects of solution-focused and problem-focused coaching questions in a self-coaching writing exercise.

ABSTRACT: Coaching is a systematic and goal-oriented one-on-one intervention by a coach aimed to guide clients in their professional and personal development. Previous research on coaching has demonstrated effects on a number of positive outcomes, including well-being and performance, yet little is known about the processes that underlie these outcomes, such as the type of questions coaches use. Here, we focus on three different types of coaching questions, and aim to uncover their immediate and sustained effects for affect, self-efficacy, and goal-directed outcomes, using a between-subjects experiment. One hundred and eighty-three medical residents and PhD students from various medical centers and healthcare organizations in the Netherlands were recruited to participate in a self-coaching writing e

SUBMITTER: Solms L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9435469 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature