Examines the response of counselors when the degree of affect was varied. Male clients were perceived to be in greater need of help in the high affect state than female clients. Male counselors also perceived more need for help for clients in high-affect states. (Author)

The Situational Attitude Scale-Commuters (SAS-C) was administered to the professional student affairs staff (N=52) at a large university to measure their attitudes toward commuting students. Results suggest that prejudice toward commuters does exist and can be measured. Implications of the results are discussed. (Author)

Surveyed student affairs professionals (N=75) to determine whether preparation programs in student personnel administration develop entry level professional competencies and the relative importance of these competencies for assuming an entry level staff position in student affairs. Results indicated differences between those responsible for…

Compared responses of 132 training directors and 79 clinical members of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy regarding current specified standards for accreditation of Marriage and Family Therapy training programs. Results about preferred criteria for accreditation, training requirements, and attitudes toward major professional…

Assessed whether or not counselors perceived clients with different concerns as equally in need of counseling and equally desirable to work with. Findings from 29 graduate students enrolled in counseling practicum revealed that need for counseling and desire to work with clients were influenced by the type of concern that was presented. (Author/NB)

Behavioral therapy has left unanswered questions related to the role of the counselor as a variable in the counselor-client relationship. The client's views of the personality and values systems of the therapist are likely to influence outcomes of treatment. Discusses theoretical views in relation to practical problems encountered in clinical…

College students (n=102) rated videotaped counseling excerpt in which client's religious belief was either supported, ignored, or challenged by counselor. Students' religious beliefs did not affect their ratings of counselor. Results suggest that most college students expect counselors to support client's religious beliefs or attend to…

This preliminary study focuses on multiracial college students' attitudes regarding the challenges they experience on campus. Results highlight counseling issues that affect multiracial college students and how college counselors' perceptions of diversity need to be broadened to accommodate the rapidly growing multiracial and multiethnic student…

Surveys a national sample of female counselors (n=377) regarding sexual contact in professional relations. Few counselors reported a relationship with clients, supervisees, or students. Individuals with doctoral degrees were more likely to have had sexual contact with their own counselors, supervisors, or teachers. Contact in current relationships…

This article examined factors influencing rehabilitation counseling students' attitudes toward people with disabilities in three social contexts, using a conjoint analysis design. A total of 98 graduate students participated in this study. A conjoint measurement of 38 cards (representing people with varying disability type, gender, ethnicity, age,…

Professional ethics is becoming a topic of high interest for counselors and counselor educators. Dogmatism and orthodox Christian religious beliefs are two variables which may help to explain the relationship between a counselor's personal characteristics and his or her ethical orientation. This study examined these variables and their…

Two studies, one cross-sectional and the other longitudinal, examined individual differences in subjective perceptions of disabilities. In study 1, 37 (22 unsuccessful and 15 successful) applicants to and 29 (12 first year and 17 second year) graduate students in a rehabilitation counseling master's degree program judged the similarity of all…

Clients' causal explanations for their psychological difficulties have received significant notice in the research literature. In contrast, few studies have focused on the attributions formulated by counselors regarding their clients' difficulties. Attributional approaches to counseling suggest that both client and counselor attributions can…

Researched hypothesis-testing strategies (HTSs) used by counselors. Undergraduates and counselors-in-training interacted with a computer-simulated client counselor, then counselor. Of the three HTSs (confirmatory, disconfirmatory, and unbiased), the unbiased HTS was preferred choice of HTS, was stable across time and with different feedback, and…

Investigated whether counseling students' (N=82) evaluations of client need and desire for counseling would differ depending on intensity and type of emotions expressed. Depressed men expressing affect were rated as significantly less desirable to counsel than were other types of clients. Results suggest that counseling students are influenced by…