Used a role playing technique to examine the influence of social comparison on help seeking attitudes in 80 students. Results indicated that subjects who received serious social comparison information reported the highest depression scores and were more willing to seek counseling help. (JAC)

Results indicate strong support for the reciprocity effect and suggest that females are more willing to disclose than males within a sex-pairing counseling context. (Author)

Analysis of responses of children and adolescents to video-taped, role-played problems indicated tenth-grade subjects used more negative statements, fewer disclosures, and more advisements than subjects in lower grades. (Author)

College students perceive a great difference between the (stereotyped) attitude of the average man'' and average woman'' toward the role of women in society. The average man was seen as viewing women in a more traditional manner than the average woman. The interaction between sex of respondent and stereotype sex indicated that female respondents…

Undergraduates (N = 41) viewed a videotape of role-played problems and responded as though in face-to-face contact with the speakers. Half took the role of counselor and half the role of friend. Analysis of covariance indicated students serving as friends made fewer reflections and gave more advice than those serving as counselors. (Author)