University counseling center clients read one of six counselor descriptions generated by crossing counselor gender with counselor sex roles (feminine, androgynous, and masculine), then rated their willingness to see the counselor for a variety of concerns. Feminine sex role was rated highest for personal concerns, masculine for assertiveness…

Argues for using cultural brokers in the education of minorities, defining "broker" as someone who can straddle both cultures and manipulate cultural symbols and information. Suggests incorporating brokering internships into teacher training curricula, and describes a program describing a person for high risk, primarily Black, college…

Examines the relationship between stages of identity development among Black students and their racial preferences in choosing counselors. Finds that those holding values associated with the Resistance and Immersion stage prefer Black counselors to Whites, while those identified with the Synergetic Articulation and Awareness stage said that race…

Counselor predicate use similarity in a social psychological context was considered in a study involving 180 college students. Results failed to support the hypothesis that clients perceive counselors with similar predicate preferences as more attractive or that predicate similarity in natural language is too subtle to detect. (JAC)

Studied the effect of client sex and attractiveness on male and female counselors' judgments about students' educational and career potential. Found male counselors showed sex bias when suggesting occupations. Prediction of higher education and occupational status were not related to counselor or student sex or student attractiveness. (Author/JAC)

Surveyed 100 North Carolina elementary counselors and compared the results with earlier studies. Describes school situations and the role and function of counselors. This sample contained more women than men, and was younger and less experienced than earlier groups. Generally low levels of anxiety were found. (JAC)

Several hypotheses were investigated in order to specify the conditions under which students are able to perceive the level of counselor-offered therapeutic conditions, and counselor religous orientation. Data analysis revealed a significant difference in counselor favorability between high and low therapeutic levels for the intrinsically…

Studied beginning counseling practicum students receiving supervision from advanced doctoral counseling students. Results indicated a positive relationship existed between trainees' perceptions of: supervisor characteristics, the therapeutic relationship, and satisfaction with supervision; but no significant relationship between ratings of…

A study of student paraprofessional peer counselors showed the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) to be useful in rating the effectiveness of Freshman Assistants. Results from individual criterion measures can also be applied to results from combinations of these measures. Future research should control for demographic influences. (JAC)

Since women are actively seeking admission to professional schools, a woman's counseling program is seen as imperative. The challenges of being a woman's counselor are discussed. The role of the woman's counselor, "community approach" to counseling, characteristics of the woman's counselor, and the variety of counseling programs are outlined. (MLW)

Explored effects of Native-American undergraduate students' (N=84) cultural commitment on preference for ethnically similar counselors. Found degree of cultural commitment significantly affected preferences for counselor ethnicity as well as expectations about counseling, in that subjects reporting strong commitments to culture expected more…

Investigated effects of predicate usage, facilitative skill level, and participant sex on ratings of empathic understanding. After listening to one of four audiotapes utilizing different counselor response modes, subjects (n=225) evaluated counselor empathy. Findings suggest that counselor communication skill level seems to be more important than…

Examines the relationships among a client's gender-role attitude, the client's sex, the counselor's sex, and the client's rating of his or her counselor. Results, based on responses from 17 male and 40 female clients after their first counseling session, indicate that female clients rated counselors significantly higher than did male clients. (RJM)

Describes the preconditions and strategies needed to recruit, to select, and to support ethnic minority students and faculty in counseling psychology programs. Discusses the responsibility of various regional training programs in achieving ethnic parity in counseling psychology. (SNR)

Study examines the effects of Hispanic counselors' race and speech accent on Asian American and African American students' initial perceptions. Results show that students' gender, race, and level of "universal-diverse" orientation, along with counselors' speech accent, predicted students' initial perceptions of the counselors and of the…