Study examines the relationship among school counselors' emotional intelligence, empathy, and self-reported multicultural counseling knowledge and awareness. Findings revealed that school counselors' previous multicultural education, emotional intelligence scores, and personal distress empathy scores accounted for significant variance in their…

Study investigated similarity and repulsion hypothesis to establish rank orderings of characteristics desired in school counselors using data from students (N=55) enrolled in a southern, public charter school. A significant difference was found between participants' expressed preference for counselors with similar characteristics as themselves…

Over the past several years, the field of elementary school guidance has grown in scope and importance. This monograph, from the Department of Guidance, Counseling, and Student Personnel at Ohio University, represents a recent, comprehensive picture of the status of the field. These five major sections comprise the monograph: (1) a statement of…

The Ethical Judgment Scale was used to identify and categorize the ethical-professional posture of community college counselors when dealing with specific problem cases. The dimensions of ethical and legal problems confronting counselors were also investigated. (Author)

Describes a study in which 701 Virginia public school principals were surveyed to determine how school counselors are selected. The results indicated that academic proficiency receives relatively little weight in arriving at selection decisions. (CH)

Viktor Frankl stated, "One of the main features of human existence is the capacity to rise above such conditions, to grow beyond them. Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible and of changing himself for the better if necessary." Effective counselors do this daily, rising above conditions, seizing opportunities to change the…

The author contends that school guidance coordinators should search for those people who have the helping attitude and use their talents in the guidance program. The counselor, via his leadership, becomes a catalyst in the total guidance program. (Author/BY)

The Indian students clearly rated the simulated interviews more positively when the counselors enacted trustworthy roles. The ethnicity of the counselor may not be important provided that the non-Indian counselor is trained to use culturally appropriate communicative and trustworthy behaviors. (Author)

Examined leadership/influence effectiveness in democratic psychosocial situations. Compared legislators' and school counselors' role effectiveness as associated with positive self-concepts and attitudes. Results suggest the primary value of the study is in the techniques and methodology used within the content of perceptual theory. (RC)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role and function of the elementary school counselor. The independent variables investigated were student-counselor ratio; the number of buildings served by the counselor; district size; and the number of counselors working in the district. The dependent variables were the following subscales of a…

The purpose of the study was to clarify the status of elementary school guidance in Canadian urban areas. Information on the counsellor's background and work setting were obtained from the responses on the Counsellor Data Blank and Guidance Services Opinionnaire. Results were examined in terms of Developmental and Traditional approaches. (Author)

Examined perception of ethicalness of some common beliefs, frequency of ethical behaviors, and agreement between ethical beliefs and behavior of college counseling center personnel (n=137). Results of the national survey identified areas in which staff were practicing in an ethical fashion and areas in which staff may need clarification of ethical…

A national survey (similar to a 1975 survey) of school counselors for deaf children found that counselor competence has improved especially in the areas of communication skills, training, and counseling skills. Frequently identified student problems were "problems with peer relations,""difficulty with decision making," and "poor self-esteem."…

Investigates the contributions of prior multicultural training, racism attitudes, and White racial identity attitudes to self-reported multicultural counseling competence in 99 school counselor trainees. Results revealed that racism attitudes and White racial identity attitudes together contributed to significant variance in self-perceived…