A study examined California secondary public school counselors' perceptions of the value of secondary home economics courses; the degree to which the counselors provided students with information on home economics courses and careers; and the counselors' views as to what extent home economics courses reinforce basic academic skills, prepare…

Counselors should be able to increase their effectiveness by appropriate use of social influence strategies; learning to use power bases is a critical need of counselor trainees. One way they can learn to use power bases is by modeling their supervisors in counseling practica. In this study, the effects of faculty supervisors' attitudes on…

This study hypothesized that male counselors whose sexual orientation and physical characteristics do not conform to conventional notions of masculinity (those who have had homosexual experiences and who do not fit the mesomorphic ideal) will be less traditional in their gender role attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs than those who adhere to more…

A study explored the perceptions of counselors regarding educational and vocational needs of Hispanic students experiencing problems in high school. A sample of 25 secondary school counselors in the San Bernardino-Riverside area of California were interviewed. The counselors most frequently cited these causes for the problems Hispanic students may…

One of the primary objectives of the New Jersey Vocational Education Resource Center Guidance Outreach Project was to develop and administer a statewide survey to all New Jersey school guidance counselors to assist in determining program and resource needs. A needs assessment instrument, Issues of Importance to Guidance Counselors for the 1990s,…

Thirty-three counselors attending a workshop at the 1988 Annual Convention of the American Association for Counseling and Development were asked to rate six "critical incident" exercises on bias in test content and unfairness in test usage. About two-thirds of the subjects were female, and one-third were male. The subjects ranged in age…

This study evaluates the effects of a six-week intensive course on Counseling Women upon attitudes toward the rights and roles of women. The experimental group consisted of 12 students enrolled in this course. The comparison group consisted of 12 students enrolled in a different course, Introduction to Pupil Personnel Services, within the same…

Incest is an issue that generates strong emotional reactions in psychotherapists as well as laypeople. Clinicians may not be immune to the tendancy to overreact by predicting poor outcomes for incest victims or by denying its importance altogether. To assess the effect of incest on the evaluations of female clients by therapists, 124 clinicians…

Little research in the existing literature attempts to define feminist therapy by incorporating the specific experiences and philosophies of those who describe themselves as feminist therapists. Even less information is available about the perceptions of their clients. Therapists and their clients answered questions about the theoretical…

Psychological androgyny is becoming the new standard of mental health at a time when social, political, and economic realities enable women to expand career options. To examine the influence of client sex on the treatment planning of clients, therapists responded to two hypothetical cases of male and female clients whose presenting problem was…

The cultural conditioning which specifies and limits women's roles not only pervades secondary and higher educational practices, but is actually reinforced by current guidance practices. Bias against women's attainment is perpetuated by the very experts who counsel women. Socialization and sex stereotyping lead to both quantitative and qualitative…

The significant research dealing with counselor bias toward women in vocational and personal guidance is presented. Many of the well-known studies in this area have been done in Michigan, using Michigan counselors as subjects. Studies done by Abramowitz, Broverman, Donahue, Goldberg, Hawley, Pringle, Slossberg, and Thomas, as well as The American…

Investigated the relationship between the accuracy of counselor perceptions of client work values and client satisfaction with service received. Participants were recruited from five rehabilitation workshops. Counselor and client perceptions of client work values were significantly different and a significant relationship existed between the…

This project utilizes a survey to gather information about the adequacy of information resources available to secondary school students and counsellors regarding post-secondary admissions policies, requirements and processes. Three appendixes include: (1) Survey Form; (2) Distribution of Survey Responses; and (3) Survey Responses.

The influence of demographic variables on perception of teachers, administrators, and school psychologists when establishing preference rankings in five areas of school psychological services were examined. Analyses indicated contradictory perceptions among respondents. Age, sex, degree, experience, and level of assignment affected the subjects'…