Turkish University Students’ Preference from Rogers, Perls, Ellis and Their Therapeutic Styles

Abstract

Shostrom (1965a, b, c)’ profound studies “Three Approaches to Psychotherapy” (TAP) scrutinized by 410 Turkish university students. Three deferent programs from one department of fourth grade students evaluated their preference in 29 items Counseling Preference Inventory. There are significant deference between three programs of students in their counseling theories and theorist's preference in terms of gender, program, GPA, SES and worldview. Both genders preferred Ellis but male preference respectively more than female. Although preschool teacher students preferred Person Centered Therapy and Carl Rogers but primary school education students preferred Rational Behavioral Emotive Therapy and Albert Ellis. Preference of science educations teacher students is also towards to Rational Behavioral Emotive Therapy and Albert Ellis. Although low achievers preferred Rogers, middle and higher achievers preferred Ellis. The same sudation which held in GPA also seen in the socioeconomic status. Conservative and democratic students preferred Ellis, tendency of liberal students toward Rogers. This study seems to be very interesting in terms of it is first meet of Turkish university students with Rogers, Perls and Ellis.