Presents summary of discussions on research from the Third National Conference for Counseling Psychology. Topics summarized include definition and image; methodological diversity in counseling research; multi- and cross-cultural issues; the connection of research to practice; and research training. Provides 15 recommendations for research in…

The research training environment has been described as all the forces in graduate training programs that reflect attitudes toward research and science. Examined the factor structure of the Research Training Environment Scale-Revised in a sample of 270 undergraduate students. Analyses suggest that an instructional dimension and an interpersonal…

Determines the relationship of research training environment to variables theorized to be either related or unrelated to that environment. Subjects were graduate students (n=171) who responded to the Research Training Environment Scale (RTES). The RTES was unrelated to participants' interest in the practitioner's role and minimally related to…

This study examined the effects of audiorecording and videorecording on clients when recording is done for the purpose of counselor supervision. Video-recording inhibited the self-exploration of clients with personal problems, and it also resulted in less satisfaction with counseling. Both recording methods inhibited self-exploration in clients…

This study examined the effects of a weekend marathon on the level of self-actualization of college students and the relationship between ego strength and extent of change in self-actualization. The group experience did increase self-actualization, but participants' initial level of ego strength was unrelated to changes in self-actualization.…

This study examines evaluations of various aspects of research training held by directors of, and graduate students in, counseling psychology training programs, both APA-approved programs and a sample of non-approved ones. While nearly all respondents feel it desirable to require full courses in both counseling research methodology and content,…

Explores the relationship between college students' attitudes toward child rearing and their perceptions of their own parents' attitudes toward them during childhood and adolescence on three dimensions (acceptance, concentration, avoidance). Subjects were 188 students, aged 17-54. (Author/MP)

This study examined the effects of a weekend marathon on the level of self-actualization of college students one and four weeks following their group experience. It also studied the relationship between ego strength and extent of change in self-actualization during a marathon. Generally, the group experience did increase self-actualization and the…

Ratings of the research training environment (RTE) and Holland personality type from 325 counseling psychology students who participated in G. M. Royalty, C. J. Gelso, B. Mallinckrodt, and K. Garrett's (1986) study were examined as predictors of the students' research productivity 15 years later. Graduates' research productivity was determined by…