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The Effect of Information About an Interviewer on Interviewee Perceptions
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Savitsky, Jeffrey C.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
This study hypothesizes that information about a counselor has either positive or negative effects on specific facets of the counselor-client relationship. Results support the hypothesis. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Characteristics, Expectation
Client Expectations for Counseling
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Tinsley, Howard E. A.; Harris, Donna J. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
Undergraduate students (N=287) completed an 82-item questionnaire about their expectations of counseling. The respondents' strongest expectations were of seeing an experienced, genuine, expert, and accepting counselor they could trust. Expectancies that the counselor would be understanding and directive were lower. Significant sex differences were…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Counseling, Counselor Characteristics
Self-Perception of Therapeutic Gain as a Function of Situational Cues
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Bohart, Arthur C.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1977
Authors hypothesized client's self-perception of improvement in therapy is partially a function of situational cues in contrast to internal mechanisms. Undergraduate Ss (N=65) self-disclosed on a problem for 10 minutes and were then assigned to one of four "interpersonal cue" conditions, or to a "discharge cue" condition. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Counselor Characteristics, Cues
College Females' Disclosure to Professional Helpers and Perceptions of Helpers' Characteristics
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Schneider, Lawrence J.; Lankford, Charles P. – College Student Journal, 1978
A sample of 108 high- and 109 low-disclosing college females rated risk individuals should take in revealing personal information to six helpers and perceptions of each helper's characteristics. High-disclosure females thought clients should take greater risks with more trained helpers. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Counselor Characteristics, Disclosure
Systems-Behavioral Intervention with Families of Delinquents: Therapist Characteristics, Family Behavior, and Outcome
Alexander, James F.; And Others – Journal of Counsulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
A clinical setting was used to evaluate therapist characteristics, therapist process, and family process in a short-term systems-behavioral model of family intervention. Families were designated by one of four degrees of therapy outcome. The data suggest that therapist relationship skills may be crucial determinants of therapy success. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Characteristics, Delinquency
Expertness, Similarity, and Perceived Counselor Competence
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Spiegel, Sharon Baron – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
The effects of two levels of counselor similarity and expertness and two types of clients' problems on perceptions of the counselor's competence were tested in this analogue study. Results indicated that suggestions of expertness led to higher evaluations of counselors for both problems. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Evaluation
A Comparison of Two Types of Counseling Analogues
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Helms, Janet E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
Subjects' attraction to the counselor, self-reported and physiological anxiety, and susceptibility to persuasion were compared using two types of counseling analogues, quasi-counseling and vicarious-participation. Participants in the quasi-counseling analogue were significantly more attracted to the counselor than were vicarious-participation…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Counseling, Counselor Characteristics