Abstract
This study investigated the effects of cognitive style, as assessed by the Thinking/Feeling scale of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and counselor credibility on attitudes toward a Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) session. Eighty-eight undergraduates, classified as either Thinking or Feeling types, heard an audiotape segment of an RET counseling session with a counselor introduced as either high or low credibility. Given the emphasis placed on cognitive processing in RET, it was predicted that Thinking subjects would have more favorable attitudes toward the counselor and the counseling approach than would Feeling types. It also was hypothesized that this effect would be enhanced when the counselor was introduced as highly credible and minimized with a low credibility introduction. Results supported these predictions.
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