Effect Of Counseling Research Articles

Effects of cognitive style and counselor–client compatibility on client growth.

Effects of cognitive style and counselor–client compatibility on client growth.

Effect of inconsistent verbal-nonverbal communication and counselor response mode on client estimate of counselor regard and effectiveness.

Effect of inconsistent verbal-nonverbal communication and counselor response mode on client estimate of counselor regard and effectiveness.

Personality characteristics of counselors rated as effective or ineffective

A study of 320 counselors in four states revealed substantial and significant correlations between tested personality characteristics and rated job performances. The Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) was used to discriminate counselors rated as highly effective, as average in effectiveness, or as ineffective on a 28-point Satisfaction with Performance Blank (SWPB). Effectiveness ratings were completed for each counselor by three supervisors. Rated counselor effectiveness was positively correlated with the Social and Artistic codes of the VPI and negatively correlated with Realistic and Conventional scores. A regression formula with a cross-validation procedure was used to explain the variance of the supervisory ratings. Employment level—elementary, middle, or high school—was not related to other factors studied. Sex, age, certification, and degree status were of no significance in predicting rated effectiveness. Highly rated counselors had a group Holland code of Social-Artistic-Investigative (SAI) whereas counselors rated as ineffective had a Realistic-Coventional-Enterprising (RCE) group code. Individual variations were uncommon.

Evaluation of Counselor Effectiveness

This literature review summarizes research in the general area of the evaluation of counselor effectiveness. Research into the role of the counselor continues, and is typically done in reference to a specific setting. The state of the art is such, however, that the evaluation of the counseling process continues to focus primarily on the presence or absence of the core facilitative conditions; program evaluation, conversely, is becoming more sophisticated. Counselor educators have focused on means of presenting counseling experiences and of providing feedback regarding trainee performance and evaluating that performance; much of this work has been directed toward the counseling practicum. The implications of the movement toward certification or licensure are discussed with reference to both practitioners and counselor educators.

The Effects of Assertive Training on Counselor Trainees

It has been suggested that the addition of assertive training as an integral part of counselor education programs would be desirable. Although this study indicates that assertive training is effective in reducing counselor discomfort and anxiety, such training has no significant effect upon client or supervisor ratings of counselor effectiveness. Therefore, the addition of such a training experience seems, at best, to be open to question.

School Counselors' Participation in Continuing Education Activities

All certified school counselors in Wisconsin were surveyed in regard to their participation in a variety of professional development activities during a 12‐month period. Results reveal that while many counselors were actively involved in such activities, others were only minimally so and some completely uninvolved. The latter tended to be older males with several years of counseling experience. Implications for maintaining counselor effectiveness in a changing society are discussed.

The Factorial Validity of a Scale for Evaluation of Counselors in a University Counseling and Testing Center

For a sample of 270 students who sought on their own initiative counseling on academic, career, vocational, and personal matters at a university counseling and testing center, intercorrelations of their responses to 20 statements on the Evaluation of Counselors (EOC) scale were factor-analyzed. The following five factor dimensions were identified: (a) Counselee Satisfaction with the Counseling and Testing Center, (b) Counselor's Facilitation of Counselee's Self-Understanding and Personal Growth, (c) Lack (or Presence) of Confidence in or Rapport with the Counselor, (d) Counselor as a Concerned and Effective Individual in His Relationship with the Counselee, and (e) Counselor Effectiveness in Communication and Interpretation of Information to the Counselee. Thus the EOC scale does not reflect a unitary evaluative dimension, but rather several dimensions of counseling effectiveness. Although the EOC scale was heterogeneous in its factorial content, two internal-consistency estimates of .867 and .921 were obtained for the reliability of the total scale

Comparability of Written and Oral Measures in Evaluating Counselor Training

The comparability of written and oral measures in evaluating counselor effectiveness was examined for trained and untrained participants. The responses were rated on use of reflective skills, verbal following, and general quality. A multivariate analysis of variance indicated that written responses were significantly higher on verbal following and general quality. Correlations among the written and oral measures were high and positive, especially when corrected for attenuation as a result of the reliabilities of ratings. Correlations were higher for trained than untrained participants. In general, the results support the comparability of written and oral assessments of counselor effectiveness, especially for trained participants. Implications for the evaluation of training programs and areas for future research are discussed.

Effects of supervisory style on counselor effectiveness and facilitative responding.

Effects of supervisory style on counselor effectiveness and facilitative responding.

Effects of supervisory style on counselor effectiveness and facilitative responding.

Effects of supervisory style on counselor effectiveness and facilitative responding.

The beauty of counseling: Effects of counselor physical attractiveness and self-disclosures on perceptions of counselor behavior.

The beauty of counseling: Effects of counselor physical attractiveness and self-disclosures on perceptions of counselor behavior.

Client vs. rater judgments of counselor effectiveness

Client vs. rater judgments of counselor effectiveness

The Validity of the Personal Orientation Inventory for Measuring the Effects of Training for Therapeutic Practice

The present study examines the effects of training counselors for the core therapeutic conditions of empathy, warmth, and genuineness in terms of increased levels of actualizing as measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory. Findings revealed significant differences between the experimental group and the contrast and control groups on the major Inner Directed scale and significant positive pretest to posttest changes for the experimental group on subscales of Spontaneity, Self-Regard, and Synergy. Correlations between POI scales and independent ratings of the core conditions showed that all three conditions of empathy, warmth, and genuineness were significantly related to the Inner Directed, Feeling Reactivity, and Spontaneity scales and that genuineness was also significantly correlated with the Synergy scale.

Validity of the self-disclosure questionnaire as a measure of counselor effectiveness.

Validity of the self-disclosure questionnaire as a measure of counselor effectiveness.

Family counselors in a pediatric specialty clinic setting.

Numerous studies point up the psychosocial needs of chronically ill children, as well as the fragmentation or lack of services to meet these needs. Following an earlier study demonstrating the effectiveness of nonprofessional family counselors in improving the self-concept of children with chronic illness, this project placed five counselors in the pediatric specialty clinics of a teaching hospital. They were well accepted by all professional staff, and they provided a variety of services for families, improved communication among and coordination of care givers, and felt satisfaction in this role. This program provided an important expansion of social work services at low cost.

Locus of control in prediction of counselor effectiveness within a therapeutic camp setting.

This study investigated the utility of two locus of control scales to predict the judged effectiveness of undergraduate counselors in two summer camps for emotionally disturbed children. In general, internal control was correlated positively with overall effectiveness as rated by directors and fellow counselors. When content of the control scales reflected perceptions of interpersonal situations, the relationships to counselor effectiveness tended to be slightly higher. The implications for future, research on personality predictors of clinical competence among paraprofessionals were discussed.

Effects of counselor facilitative level on client suggestibility.

Effects of counselor facilitative level on client suggestibility.

Effects of counselor facilitative level on client suggestibility.

Effects of counselor facilitative level on client suggestibility.

Validity of the self-disclosure questionnaire as a measure of counselor effectiveness.

Validity of the self-disclosure questionnaire as a measure of counselor effectiveness.

Perceptions of Counselor Performance: A Comparative Study

Videotaped excerpts of actual counseling interviews were rated using the criteria of empathy, unconditional positive regard, congruence, depth of self‐exploration, and counselor effectiveness. Analysis‐of‐variance techniques indicated no significant differences among the ratings of counselors, counselor educators, and graduate students; there were significant differences among ratings of graduate students in different programs.