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The Impact of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on Teacher Efficacy and Student Achievement
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Warren, Jeffrey M. – Journal of School Counseling, 2010
This literature review explores the potential impact of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) on teacher efficacy and student achievement. Research conducted to date, focusing on increasing teacher efficacy and student achievement, has produced mixed results. Teachers continue to think, emote, and behave in unhelpful ways. REBT appears to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, School Counselors
Empowerment as a Function of Contextual Self-Understanding: The Effect of Work Interest Profiling on Career Decision Self-Efficacy and Work Locus of Control
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Breeding, R. Richard – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2008
Consumer empowerment in rehabilitation counseling has been conceptualized as a function of informed choice and self-determination and has been linked to the concepts of self-efficacy and locus of control, among other variables. Self-understanding in relation to environmental opportunities represents an important underlying component of such…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation Counseling, Empowerment, Locus of Control, Self Efficacy
Examining Discrepancies between Actual and Preferred Practice of School Counselors
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Scarborough, Janna L.; Culbreth, John R. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2008
This study of elementary, middle, and high school counselors (N = 361) investigated the discrepancies, and the factors predictive of the discrepancies, between the actual practice and preferred practice in interventions associated with a comprehensive, developmental school counseling program. Results indicated that school counselors preferred to…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Self Efficacy, School Counseling, School Counselors
A Study of Counselors' Legal Challenges and Their Perceptions of Their Ability to Respond
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Hermann, Mary A.; Leggett, Debra Gail; Remley, Theodore P., Jr. – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2008
The authors explore the results of a study that assessed the types and frequency of legal issues encountered by counselors and counselors' perceptions of their ability to respond to these issues. They also assessed whether the participants' perceptions were related to practice setting, years of experience, completion of a course in ethics, recent…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Ethics, Legal Responsibility, Legal Problems
Motivational Counseling: Implications for Counseling Male Juvenile Sex Offenders
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Patel, Samir H.; Lambie, Glenn W.; Glover, Michelle Muenzenmeyer – Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 2008
Juvenile sex offenders (JSOs) often appear unmotivated to change, which thus necessitates a therapeutic approach that matches "resistant" client characteristics. In this article, the authors review common traits of JSOs, introduce motivational counseling as an effective treatment modality, and offer a case illustration. (Contains 1 table and 1…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Techniques, Sexual Abuse, Males
An Investigation of a Model of Academic Motivation for School Counseling
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Scheel, Michael J.; Gonzalez, Jaime – Professional School Counseling, 2007
A theoretical model of academic motivation consisting of (a) academic self-efficacy, (b) purposefulness and intentionality, and (c) support through school counseling for autonomous learning was explored with 346 high school juniors. Regression analysis indicated academic self-efficacy and utilization of school counseling to be significant…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, School Counseling
Conflict Resolution Styles, Self-Efficacy, Self-Control, and Future Orientation of Urban Adolescents
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Vera, Elizabeth M.; Shin, Richard Q.; Montgomery, Gloria P.; Mildner, Carolyn; Speight, Suzette L. – Professional School Counseling, 2004
This study examined the correlates and predictors of conflict resolution styles in a sample of urban seventh and eighth graders. Girls were found to rely on verbal assertion more frequently and aggressiveness less frequently than boys in the sample. Self-efficacy and self-control were found to be significant predictors of conflict resolution…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Interpersonal Competence, Self Efficacy