Results suggested that both able-bodied and disabled students preferred disabled counselors for discussing personal problems. The able-bodied students who appeared most maladjusted tended to reject the disabled counselor. Implications for counselor selection and job assignment were discussed. (Author)

The results of this study provide little evidence of any stereotyping of clergymen, positively or negatively, by junior college students. Responses to the counselor preference instrument suggest that clergymen are likely to be regarded unfavorably by male but not by female students. (Author)

Factors related to staff turnover in a camp for mentally retarded persons were examined during 1971-1977. Staff were live-in college or graduate school counselors with special education or related majors. Not being able to cope and poor performance occurred in small proportion to total number of reasons documented. (Author/RD)

Studied the influence of counselor expertness and attractiveness in overcoming opposition to career counseling in two studies involving 36 college students and 45 high school students. Results showed the expert role was more effective in producing attitude change than the attractive role and suggested the need for counselor flexibility. (WAS)

Investigated preference for counselor race and sex, client sex, likelihood of using the counseling center, and problem type for Native American college students (N=62). Both females and males demonstrated a strong preference for Native American counselors, regardless of problem situation. Likelihood of using the counseling center increased as…

Searched for interaction between quality of counseling skills (presence or absence of empathy, genuineness, and positive regard) and physical attractiveness as determinants of counseling effectiveness. Attractiveness influenced perceived effectiveness of counselor's skill. Analyses of expectancy data revealed that only with good skills did…

Examined effects and relative contribution of three counselor behaviors (nonverbal behavior, jargon, and attire) on perceived expertise and attractiveness. Results revealed that all three independent variables significantly affected the two rated dimensions. Nonverbal behavior accounted for most of the variance and differentially affected ratings…

Tested effects of client-counselor racial similarity on perceived counselor social influences and client satisfaction and effects of differing communication channels on perception of counselors of different races. Results indicated four communications channels produced differences in ratings of counselor behavior but the differences depended on…

Compared two measures of perceived counselor expertness, trustworthiness, and attractiveness: the Counselor Rating Form (CRF) and the Counselor Effectiveness Rating Scale (CERS). Results showed expertness, trustworthiness, and attractiveness as measured by both instruments are not independent and are components of a single dimension of perceived…

Determined the effects of the use of profanity in counseling. Participants (N=123) were randomly assigned to view one of three videotapes, two of which included profanity. The participants tended to give higher therapeutic ratings to sessions including both client-initiated and counselor-initiated profanity than to the session free of profanity.…

College students and adults completed religiosity scale, read counselor description (Christian, secular, spiritual-empathic secular), and completed measure of five negative anticipations of Christian clients toward counselors. Subjects with higher religiosity scores had more negative anticipations; strongest negative anticipations were about…

Examined effects of counselor disability on counselor attraction to college students (N=60) using mock counseling interview with counselor-confederate enacting one of three disability conditions: wheelchair-user, blind person, or nondisabled person. Results failed to show either clearly stigmatizing or enhancing effects of counselor disability on…

Examined role of counselors' manifest self-confidence on clients' perceptions and explored contribution of linguistic and paralinguistic cues to perceptions. College students (N=124) listened to audiotapes of counselor dialogue varied by counselor linguistic and paralinguistic self-confidence. Found that vocal, but not verbal, cues of…

Self-disclosure, defined as any information about oneself which one person communicates verbally to another, is an important aspect of the therapeutic process. The strongest determinant of disclosure is disclosure itself--the reciprocity effect. To explore the reciprocity effect in the context of biracial counseling, 33 black female college…

Research has shown that a client's positive views of a counselor enhance commitment to treatment, positive outcome expectancies, and receptivity to counselor influence. To examine the impact of counselor gender and physical attractiveness on perceived counselor effectiveness, 60 college students evaluated male and female counselors on 15 variables…