The research training environment has been described as all the forces in graduate training programs that reflect attitudes toward research and science. Examined the factor structure of the Research Training Environment Scale-Revised in a sample of 270 undergraduate students. Analyses suggest that an instructional dimension and an interpersonal…

Discusses ethical issues involved in counseling services and training programs in university settings. Describes ethical behavior as a process issue and offers techniques that balance issues and allows for ethical practice. Explores ethical issues surrounding dual relationships and confidentiality. Includes vignettes to promote further dialog…

Identifies and examines similarities between counselors as practitioners and as naturalistic inquirers. Argues that drawing on the recognized skills of the counselor and adapting them to research can improve both research and the practice of counseling. Discusses the values, skills, and characteristics of counselors as practitioners and as…

Argues that counselor educators have a responsibility to address gender issues and to find ways that encourage the exploration of these issues. Discusses professional standards and their bearing on gender, proposes models and strategies for incorporating gender issues, outlines a feminist training model, and explores Gender Aware Therapy as a…

Used two investigations to assess competing interpretations of a racial identity measure. A meta analysis suggested that the measure's structure is less complex than the theory it is assumed to measure. Confirmatory analysis of two data sets likewise revealed that scale structure found in the data are more parsimonious than those suggested by…

Used three studies to examine a diagnostic questionnaire's psychometric properties. Results strongly supported the psychometric properties of the tool. Convergent validity and criterion validity were both supported by meaningful correspondences, and incremental validity was also supported in that the tool yielded more accurate diagnoses when…

Compared adult children from dysfunctional families (with and without alcoholism) and adult children of functional families to gauge current relationship satisfaction. No significant differences emerged between the two dysfunctional groups. Analyses connected dysfunction in the family of origin to global distress and to difficulties with…

Surveyed 75 trainees after supervision sessions to assess working alliances, as well as the trainee's adherence to a treatment model. Found that the trainee's perception of the supervisory alliance was significantly related both to the client's perception of the counseling alliance and to aspects of treatment adherence. Trainees apparently applied…

Reviews key assumptions of two contextualist theories (constructivism and interactionism), examines the theories' claims, and offers suggestions as to how a sociological analysis of human development can remedy some of the major theoretical failings while building on the basic strengths. Also discusses how a critical contextualism might help…

Describes a spiritual and therapeutic model of recovery. Presents program data collected over a three-year period and discusses the program's origins; its definition of alcoholism; its unifying principles, values, therapeutic assumptions and philosophy; resident characteristics and the residential program; and other components. Provides evaluation…

Focuses on the importance of teaching graduate students more about research. Discusses the content of a counseling psychology research seminar in which the students read articles from the "Journal of Counseling Psychology." Included readings on research design and methodology and multivariate statistical procedures. (CMK)

Selective understandings of spirituality written by various theorists were reviewed to examine their implications for practicing counselors and psychologists. It is hoped that greater awareness of spirituality in the therapeutic realm will increase clinical sensitivity to multiculturalism, recovery movements, and dysfunctional religious systems…

Describes assignment using oral history readings to teach history of counseling and counseling psychology. Discusses student feedback and outcomes. Offers directions for future research. (CRR)

Describes development of an instrument, the Client Attachment to Therapist Scale (CATS). CATS factors correlated in expected directions with survey measures of object relations, client-rated working alliance, social self-efficacy, and adult attachment. Cluster analysis revealed four types of client attachment. Discusses implications of attachment…

The role of counselor trainees' self-efficacy is related to the career counseling process and outcomes with actual clients in a natural setting. Twenty-four counselor trainees saw 55 clients in three to 12 sessions. Positive results, obtained on several measures of process and outcome, show a complex relationship to self-efficacy. (EMK)