Older (>24 years) or traditional age (<24 years) students (total n=199) who had received counseling at a comprehensive state university were surveyed. Findings indicated that the relationship (cohesion) between counselor and client was the most significant factor in a student's satisfaction with counseling regardless of age. (DB)

There was a statistically significant difference in measured behavioral changes of a group of helpees aided by counselors who scored high or low on Carkhuff measures. There seemed to be a direct correlation between desirable counseling processes and later positive outcomes, according to ratings on a behavioral scale. (Author)

This article deals with male and female college students' preferences for types of counselors for various problem areas. The results indicate a trend toward preferences for female and peer counselors, which may have implications for staffing counseling services centers. (Author)

Social workers must assist people in coping with complex, often apparently insoluble, problems. Data are presented on the relationship between intolerance of ambiguity and a variety of performance and preference measures of 212 social work students. (Author/MH)

Counselor Rating Form - Short Version (CRF-S) was completed by college students (N=133) who rated their counselors (N=6) after an initial session at a college counseling center. Principal components analysis with direct oblimin rotation of the CRF-S yielded two factors, one composed of attractiveness and trustworthiness items and the other…

Examined Black subjects' preferences for salient counselor characteristics. The results revealed that the top five preferred counselor characteristics were more education, similar attitudes and values, older, similar personality, and same ethnicity, in that order. (Author/BL)

Subjects' ratings of counselor charactristics were more positive for attractive than for unattractive counselors, regardless of subject or counselor race. Black counselors were expected to be more helpful than were White counselors. Black subjects saw attractive counselors as being more helpful than unattractive counselors. (Author/BL)

A study of undergraduates' evaluations of counselors' sex role behavior found the feminine counselor role to be perceived as more attractive and trustworthy than the masculine role. Ratings of counselor expertness were unaffected by counselor role. Additionally, feminists were found to evaluate masculine counselor behavior more positively than…

Examined the effect of counselor attire on the perceptions of 30 students participating in a group counseling session. Results indicated that informal clothing, similar to the students' attire, resulted in increased perceptions of expertness, trustworthiness and helpfulness in a neophyte counselor. (JAC)

Administered a test of all-inclusive conceptualization (AIC) to 28 counseling practicum students who submitted audiotapes of counseling sessions which were rated on the level of empathic understanding. The correlations indicated that trainees who scored higher on the test of AIC offered their clients lower levels of empathic understanding. (JAC)

Compared the effects of three types of counselor-offered metaphors, varying in levels of complexity, to facilitative responses on measures of perceived empathy, regard, expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness. Subjects (N=80) rated one of four audiotapes. Results indicated narrative analogy and Level 3 facilitative response produced more…

Factor analyzed the Counseling Orientation Preference Scale (COS) to investigate its validity. Data from 686 students and two previous samples suggested items were not identified cleanly with the a priori placements used in the original construction. Two major cluster groupings were found, suggesting some support for validity. (Author/JAC)

Investigated potential relationships between continuation in counseling and the variables of counselor experience, gender, and recognition of clients' problem definitions. Results indicated that clients were more likely to self-terminate after one session when counselors failed to recognize the problem, particularly with experienced counselors and…

Investigates the relationship between perceived early family influence and counselor effectiveness in master's-level practicum students. Results found a significant correlation between counselor effectiveness and counselor's negative perceptions of early childhood family influence. (JPS)