Investigated preference for counselor race and sex, client sex, likelihood of using the counseling center, and problem type for Native American college students (N=62). Both females and males demonstrated a strong preference for Native American counselors, regardless of problem situation. Likelihood of using the counseling center increased as…

Determined the effects of the use of profanity in counseling. Participants (N=123) were randomly assigned to view one of three videotapes, two of which included profanity. The participants tended to give higher therapeutic ratings to sessions including both client-initiated and counselor-initiated profanity than to the session free of profanity.…

Attitudes toward advisers and first-year academic progress were assessed for 223 freshman students at Idaho State University. Students advised by students had more positive attitudes toward their advisers and lower drop rates than those advised by faculty. No difference was observed for achieved GPA. Bases for evaluation are discussed. (Author)

This field study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between the level of counselor self-actualization and student evaluation of the guidance program. The sample included counselors in 23 Ohio high schools who completed "Shostrom's Personal Orientation Inventory" (POI) and their respective 11th grade students who completed…

Significant correlations were obtained between student ratings of the effectiveness of the guidance program and Personal Orientation Inventory scales of Time Competence and Spontaneity. Thus, the more actualizing the counselor as measured by POI, the more likely the students were to assign high ratings to the school guidance program. (Author/DEP)

In this survey, author finds that satisfied students are more willing to discuss problems with their residence hall counselors than less satisfied students and that females were more positive about the concept of residence counseling and often described their counselors differently than did males. (MB)

College students rated an academic advisor, a vocational counselor, or a psychotherapist on 10 characteristics and subsequently rated each of the three types of counseling situations on how "personal" they perceived each to be. Subjects viewed psychotherapy as a more personal situation than academic advising or vocational counseling. (Author/RD)

Surveyed Chinese (N=102) and American (N=148) graduate students studying at the same large American university on the preferences for counselor characteristics, images of a counselor, and attitudes toward counseling and counseling services. Found that although both groups held positive attitudes towards counseling they had different preferences…

Administrators, faculty, students, and counselors themselves are often unsure of the counselor's functions. This study sought to determine the problems for which selected high school seniors would seek help from their guidance counselors. Subjects were high school seniors (N=1,734) from 10 Indiana high schools. A 24-item Likert-type questionnaire…

This is the fourth in a series of studies underway at Ohio State University exploring the importance of race, sex, and ethnic origin in the expression of counselor preference. This study emphasizes the importance of these variables for elementary school students and their parents. (Author)

Examined relationships among client's race, the type of problem for which a client is seeking counseling, and the client's preference for counselor characteristics. Results indicated that the patterns of preferences for counselor race did not seem to differ between black and white participants on the basis of type of client concern. (Author/ABB)

The results of the present study clearly indicate that the counselors in a traditional counseling center must be prepared to deal with clients who are more poorly adjusted than those coming to a counselor in a residence hall setting. (Author)

Student perception appears able to discriminate between high" and moderate to low" levels of core conditions, but unable to do so between moderate" and low", suggesting that analyzing overall core conditions in an interview setting may not be meaningful. (CJ)

American Indian and White high school students differed in their perceptions of counselors' empathy, warmth, genuiness, and concreteness as conveyed through the types of clothes the counselors wore. Students' perceptions did not differ with the sex of the student or (except for empathy) with the sex of the counselor. (Author/MJL)

Studied the effects of a leader's self-disclosure and nonverbal behaviors on student group members' (N=40) perceptions of leader attractiveness. Students participated in one of four randomly assigned groups and rated a videotaped group leader. Results showed that high levels of self-disclosure had a significant positive effect on leader…