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 suggest that when teaching a basic interview skill to lay counselors, greater gains may be achieved by using a videotaped immediate-reinforcement exercise rather than the traditional autiotaped delayed-reinforcement exercise. Subjects were not typical counselors in training, which cautions application of findings to counselor education in…

Identifies problem of teaching counselor trainees to respond consistently to client negative affect. Describes a means of measuring consistency of affective responding using modeling and didactic teaching procedures. (Author)

Handicapped individuals matched on self-reported assertiveness were assigned to one of two conditions. Behavioral role playing, self-report, and activity budget pre- and post-test measures revealed that assertion-training subjects reported greater gains in assertive behavior and showed greater improvement in performance on seven criterion measures…

Clients admitted to an alcohol abuse treatment program volunteered for social skills training related to difficult on-the-job situations. Modeling alone and modeling plus focused instruction were employed to improve several target behaviors. Addition of focused instructions greatly enhanced treatment effects. (Author)

Assessed efficacy of behavior rehearsal procedures in assertion training. Results indicated that nonassertive subjects responded less assertively in behavior role play tests, and reported themselves more anxious than assertive subjects. The role-reversal group was least effective in modifying self-reports of assertion behaviors.…

Results of the study showed that role playing was no more effective than the control procedure. Subjects reported counselors' activities had little or no effect on their decision to initiate action. (Author)

To assess the influence of counselor philosophy and client type on the range of counselor trainee verbal behavior, the Philosophies of Human Nature Scale was administered to 34 counseling students who subsequently interviewed role-played clients. Results indicate client type only, not counselor's philosophy, influenced the range of trainee verbal…

Assessed the effectiveness of role-play and discussion activities in the acquisition of specific consultant interview skills. Results indicated that subjects in the role-play group made a significantly higher mean number of appropriate responses than subjects in either the discussion or control groups. (Author)

Assessed the effects of four components of the microcounseling model in acquisition of a counseling strategy, measured by a written test and role-play performance. Components included video models, role-play practice, peer feedback, and remediation role-play practice. All methods of training were equally effective promoting acquisition of…

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)

Analyzed reactions of 30 professionally employed counselors to a role-played, videotaped intake interview with a potential client. The counselors assessed the probability that they would elect to counsel the person and rated both themselves and the client on the Counselor Rating Form (CRF). The trustworthiness dimension had most influence on…

Undergraduate females (N=80) attempted to resolve personal anger conflicts by participating in short counseling-analogue sessions. Each subject used one of four procedures: role play, discharge, intellectual analysis, or control. On the whole, role play was the most effective procedure for reducing anger, hostile attitudes, and behavioral…

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)

Three behavioral training programs for college men with dating inhibitions were evaluated. All treatment groups received a dating manual, contact with female confederates, and group discussion meetings. The discussion group received only these treatment components, while the other two treatment groups received behavior rehearsal. All treatment…