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Showing papers in "Journal of Counseling Psychology in 1976"


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated questions raised by previous research by Barak and LaCrosse regarding perceptions of counselor behavior and found that the perceived dimensions of expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness were reliable as measured by the Counselor Rating Form and were moderately intercorrelated.
Abstract: This study investigated questions raised by previous research by Barak and LaCrosse regarding perceptions of counselor behavior. Different groups of subjects viewed interviews given by Ellis, Perls, and Rogers and rated them on 36 bipolar items (Counselor Rating Form). Results indicated that the perceived dimensions of expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness were reliable as measured by the Counselor Rating Form and were moderately intercorrelated. Significant between- and within-counselor differences were found. Results were discussed in terms of perceived counselor behavior and questions were raised concerning the source of individuals' perceptions. In a recent study, Barak and LaCrosse (1975) tested Strong's (1968) hypothesis concerning the existence of perceived dimensions of counselor behavior, that is, expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness. Though the results of this study did not reveal total confirmation for Strong's approach, generally they tend to support the hypothesis. Specifically, these dimensions independently emerged on a factorial structure for two counselors used as stimuli for subjects' perceptions (i.e., Rogers and Perls) but not for the third one (Ellis). In the later case, expertness and trustworthiness loaded on the same factor, which may correspond to a more general dimension of credibility (Goldstein, Heller, & Sechrest, 1966; Ho viand, Janis, & Kelley, 1953). As proposed by Barak and LaCrosse, some questions remain to be answered, and these were the purposes of this study, that is, to assess the measurement instrument reliability, to test the capacity of the measured perceived dimensions to differentiate both between and within counselors, and to investigate the interrelationships among the dimensions. METHOD Subjects One hundred twenty-seven undergraduate students (mostly freshmen) from introductory psychology classes served as subjects for which they received course credit. The distribution of male and female subjects was approximately equal.

194 citations



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Leo Goldman1•

124 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, three training programs for shy males were designed using an empirically derived domain of problem situations from shy males and response alternatives from a "competent" population.
Abstract: Three training programs for girl-shy males were designed using an empirically derived domain of problem situations from shy males and response alternatives from a "competent" population. The effectiveness of a response-acquisition treatment was compared with a cognitive self-statement modification treatment, a combination of these two treatments, and a waiting-list control group (no treatment). Two enhanced-treatment groups were used to control for the longer time of the combined-treatment group. Sixty-one college men replying to the program announcement were randomly assigned to one of the six groups. Assessment included in vivo measures made by women phoned by the subjects, questionnaire measures, and ratings of role-play performance in taped, laboratory, problem situations. A 6-month follow-up assessment was also included. The results indicated that subjects trained in cognitive self-statement modification showed significantly better performance in role-play situations for which they were not trained (p < .05), made significantly more phone calls, and made a significantly better impression on the women than subjects in other groups. These effects were generally maintained at follow-up, and the cognitive self-statement groups' performance on the role-play measures improved from posttreatment to follow-up.

116 citations




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TL;DR: The theory of work adjustment as mentioned in this paper provides a model for conceptualizing the interaction between individuals and work environments, and the major sets of variables used in the theory are abilities and needs, ability requirements and reinforcer systems to describe work environments and satisfactoriness, satisfaction, and tenure to describe outcomes of the interaction.
Abstract: The theory of work adjustment (Dawis, England, and Lofquist, 1964; Dawis, Lofquist, and Weiss, 1968; Lofquist and Dawis, 1969) provides a model for conceptualizing the interaction between individuals and work environments. The major sets of variables used in the theory are abilities and needs to describe work personalities, ability requirements and reinforcer systems to describe work environments, and satisfactoriness, satisfaction, and tenure to describe outcomes of the interaction. Prediction of the work adjustment outcomes utilizes the concept of correspondence between work personalities and work environments. The theory thus formalizes the matching model that psychologists have used in such applied problem areas as vocational guidance, vocational counseling, and personnel selection. The theory does place added emphasis on needs, reinforcers, and the outcomes of satisfaction. Nevertheless, these aspects of the theory, taken alone, would seem to present work adjustment as a fixed state of affairs that does not accommodate change. They deal solely with work personality structure and with work environment structure. THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF JOBS ON EARTH

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors tested the hypothesis that the probabilistic structure underlying counseling interviews is Markovian and the goodness of fit of a 1st-order Markov chain model to 6 counseling interviews was assessed by using chi-sup-2 tests of homogeneity and by simulating sampling distributions of selected process cha
Abstract: Tested the hypothesis that the probabilistic structure underlying counseling interviews is Markovian. The goodness of fit of a 1st-order Markov chain model to 6 counseling interviews was assessed by using chi-sup-2 tests of homogeneity and by simulating sampling distributions of selected process cha