Constructed a path model to examine the factors that elicit and sustain helping behavior in 148 adult children with elderly mothers. Field survey data indicated that present helping behaviors, attachment behaviors, and feelings of attachment had the strongest influence on commitment to provide future help. (JAC)

The role Senator Claiborne Pell has played in developing influential educational legislation is discussed. Consideration is given to the personal characteristics that make him effective. (LBH)

The absentee-cuing system investigated in this study refers to the use of a wireless microphone by a counselor trainer to transmit messages to a counselor-in-training while she or he is actually engaged in the act of counseling. The system is a rich source for improving counselor training in every regard. (Author)

The issues dealt with in contemporary films portray a variety of social problems. Counselors can use films to discuss the issues dramatized, facilitate responses to the situations experienced, and encourage consideration of alternative responses. (Author)

Describes reorganization at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in which a separate college was established to serve all freshmen and transfer students. Faculty members were recruited to counsel students on a part-time basis. The program has, among other things, reduced the attritition rate from 45 percent to 6 percent. (HMV)

The author identifies insights into the adolescent experience provided by a developmental-existential approach. She explains principles for applying the approach to the treatment of adolescent difficulties. (Author)

This study assessed individual psychotherapy outcome after systematically matching patients and therapists on a set of 11 psychological variables selected by factor-analytic techniques. Using therapists' ratings of therapy outcome as the criterion, five regression equations evolved that validly and reliably predict outcome for certain patient or…

This article reports major conclusions and implications of a national field study of trained and experienced psychotherapists. The study suggests psychotherapy effectiveness is generally minimal. These conclusions are primarily different from and not as positive as a similar but separate study of rehabilitation counselors and their clients.…

A 2 (aid vs. no aid) / 2 (high vs. low resource potential donor) between subjects design tested the effects of aid and donor resources on recipient self-perceptions and subsequent self-help behavior. (Editor)

There are basically three stylistic dimensions of counseling blacks: (1) cultural-historical; (2) psycho-social; and, (3) scientific-ideological. The author discusses how these are related and indicates that these areas must be incorporated into counselor training programs. (HMV)

Presents the philosophy and rationale of the newly instituted elementary level counseling program in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. (HMV)

Multicultural counseling competencies have become an increasingly important component of counselor training. This article presents rationale for infusing multicultural competencies into select CACREP course areas, which are assessment, helping relationships, professional identity, and career development. Concrete activities that encompass proposed…

The following article provides a look at the creative process through the eyes of positive psychology. It describes first how creativity fits into the theory behind this field, then goes on to trace how a positive psychologist might consider this construct: observing how it functions therapeutically in the natural environment, then theorizing…

Informal mentoring has always served as a means of fostering development and growth of the younger members of our society. Mentoring programs take on many forms. Some target youth development, while others foster development within professions, such as the mentoring of new teachers. Prior research on influential factors in mentoring outcomes…

The clients' evaluations were unrelated to their therapists' evaluations, but they were highly related to the evaluations made by independent judges. Further analyses suggested that the disagreements between clients and therapists stemmed from the therapists' inaccuracy in perceiving the clients' problem and the therapists' tendency to…