Investigated effects of type of client problem and counselor gender on counseling response modes in novice counselors (N=31). Results indicated counselors used significantly more information responses on intrapersonal problems and more reflection responses on interpersonal problems. Found in general there was trend for male counselors to use more…

Examined if level of acculturation and counseling style would effect Hispanic students' (N=94) perceptions of and willingness to see a counselor. Found acculturation significantly affected ratings of trustworthiness and counselor understanding; counseling style affected perceptions of counselor and willingness to see counselor. Found participant…

Analyzed 20 sexually abused girls' pretreatment and posttreatment preference for sex of their counselor and girls' anticipated comfort with male versus female counselor, along with clients' actual posttreatment comfort. Girls treated by male counselors expressed significantly greater preference for and anticipated comfort with male counselors…

The author surveys the writings of the last eight years of "Social Work" in order to study the profession's attitude toward the sex factor (sex of case worker and of client groups), and to determine whether and how this factor has been interpreted in professional thinking. (Author/EAK)

Research showed that (1) subjects' ratings of comfort in disclosing were greater with female and egalitarian counselors, (2) female egalitarian counselors were perceived as most expert, and (3) male traditional counselors were perceived as least trustworthy. Suggests the need for a more consistent definition of sex role orientation. (Author)

Examined influences on therapists' expectancies of four variables. Counselors at three training levels completed the Therapist Expectancy Inventory. Significant differences were found for therapist gender, professional affiliation, and level of training; client gender effect was not significant. Concluded therapists' judgments about clients are a…

Neither personal nor interpersonal values were systematically related to counseling orientation preferences of counselor trainees. There were no significant differences between female and male counselor trainees relative to value pattern or counseling orientation preference. (Author)

Male and female interviewers who were introduced as expert or nonexpert met individually with undergraduates. Male experts were rated lower in social attractiveness; however, introductions did not affect either perceived expertness or trustworthiness. Reasonably competent therapist behavior may neutralize differential expertness; expertness may…

There is a growing trend for some counselors to adopt and advertise specific value positions and counseling orientations. To explore potential clients' perceptions of information contained in "traditional" and "feminist" therapists' announcements of services, 52 males and 52 females received one of four announcements…

Undergraduate students (N=287) completed an 82-item questionnaire about their expectations of counseling. The respondents' strongest expectations were of seeing an experienced, genuine, expert, and accepting counselor they could trust. Expectancies that the counselor would be understanding and directive were lower. Significant sex differences were…

Results showed differences between the factor structures of the peer and self-ratings, though each analysis yielded two interpretable factors. Counselors of both sexes judged high in competence by their peers had significantly better scores on both peer factors than their counterparts perceived as low in competence after items falling within each…

Subjects' ratings of interviewer trustworthiness indicated: significant class and definition effects, but no significant sex effect; a tendency for the manner in which the interviewer acted to influence ratings more than the content of his communications; and generally lower ratings for terminal scenes than for initial or middle. (Author)

Studied the effects of counselor status and weight and client gender on initial perceptions of counselor expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness. Student (N=80) response to counselor photographs indicated counselors introduced as having high status were perceived as being more expert and trustworthy. The influence of body weight was…

Examined the relationship of counselor gender to client return rate. Results showed male counselors had higher return rates regardless of their level of experience, the gender of clients, the concerns of clients, or the severity of those concerns. The generalizability of the results of an earlier study are questioned. (Author)