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Abstract
Global measures of practicum satisfaction reported by social work students often fail to capture significant, specific problem behaviors of field instructors. A national random sample of social workers was asked to recall behaviorally specific problems with field instructors that occurred during concentration practicum. Although the majority experienced no problems with field instructors, a small but significant number experienced problems that generated moderate to severe levels of distress and impacted them as professionals. Exploratory factor analysis indicates that problematic supervisory behaviors have an underlying structure as suggested in the literature. Data results and implications for field education will be addressed.
