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Zanone, Charles F., IV; And Others – 1990
This study hypothesized that male counselors whose sexual orientation and physical characteristics do not conform to conventional notions of masculinity (those who have had homosexual experiences and who do not fit the mesomorphic ideal) will be less traditional in their gender role attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs than those who adhere to more…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Body Image, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics
Cooney, Margaret – 1986
A study explored the perceptions of counselors regarding educational and vocational needs of Hispanic students experiencing problems in high school. A sample of 25 secondary school counselors in the San Bernardino-Riverside area of California were interviewed. The counselors most frequently cited these causes for the problems Hispanic students may…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Career Education, Counselor Attitudes
Hett, Geoffrey G.; Davies, Alan – 1985
A survey (Jevne, 1981) conducted to determine Canadian counselor competencies revealed that, of the nine areas considered important for counselor training, the 304 respondents in the field of counseling ranked training in consulting as sixth in importance. Prompted by these results, a literature review was conducted to determine if consulting was…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Consultation Programs, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role
Schwaber, Ilene; Genetta, Beverly – 1987
One of the primary objectives of the New Jersey Vocational Education Resource Center Guidance Outreach Project was to develop and administer a statewide survey to all New Jersey school guidance counselors to assist in determining program and resource needs. A needs assessment instrument, Issues of Importance to Guidance Counselors for the 1990s,…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Health
Rockwell, W. J. Kenneth – 1983
This paper discusses attitudes that may come into play when a parent enters the treatment picture with a disturbed student. The attitudes of therapists toward parents, including sources of bias, and reasons for controlling it, are presented. The attitudes of parents toward their emotionally disturbed child, toward treatment, and toward therapists…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Objectives, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role
Elmore, Patricia B.; And Others – 1989
Thirty-three counselors attending a workshop at the 1988 Annual Convention of the American Association for Counseling and Development were asked to rate six "critical incident" exercises on bias in test content and unfairness in test usage. About two-thirds of the subjects were female, and one-third were male. The subjects ranged in age…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training, Counselors, Elementary Secondary Education
Kaplan, Phyllis; Nickerson, Eileen – 1977
This study evaluates the effects of a six-week intensive course on Counseling Women upon attitudes toward the rights and roles of women. The experimental group consisted of 12 students enrolled in this course. The comparison group consisted of 12 students enrolled in a different course, Introduction to Pupil Personnel Services, within the same…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Planning, Civil Liberties, Counselor Attitudes
Sheehy, Nancy; Meiselman, Karin C. – 1981
Incest is an issue that generates strong emotional reactions in psychotherapists as well as laypeople. Clinicians may not be immune to the tendancy to overreact by predicting poor outcomes for incest victims or by denying its importance altogether. To assess the effect of incest on the evaluations of female clients by therapists, 124 clinicians…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Background, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Attitudes
Curtin, Catherine A. – 1981
Little research in the existing literature attempts to define feminist therapy by incorporating the specific experiences and philosophies of those who describe themselves as feminist therapists. Even less information is available about the perceptions of their clients. Therapists and their clients answered questions about the theoretical…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Theories, Counselor Attitudes
Bowman, Phyllis – 1981
Psychological androgyny is becoming the new standard of mental health at a time when social, political, and economic realities enable women to expand career options. To examine the influence of client sex on the treatment planning of clients, therapists responded to two hypothetical cases of male and female clients whose presenting problem was…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship, Goal Orientation, Personality Traits
Leibowitz, Zandy; Schlossberg, Nancy – 1978
This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for guidance personnel who work in counseling and guidance with adults in community colleges, mental health settings,…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adults, Age
Taylor, Nancy P. – 1976
This guide is designed to assist those helping professionals responsible for the development and implementation of sex fair counseling services and programs within their particular educational setting. Two designs for workshops are described with samples of all materials included. One is a full-day session which is both awareness- and…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselors, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Instruction
Perritt, Lea J. – 1979
Providing counseling services to clients in rural areas entails special problems that are particularly unique to rural areas, such as geographic isolation, general suspiciousness toward outsiders, and community resistance to agency services. In order to effectively relate to rural Appalachians, counselors must be sensitive to the rural…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Health Services, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques
National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs, Washington, DC. – 1977
The cultural conditioning which specifies and limits women's roles not only pervades secondary and higher educational practices, but is actually reinforced by current guidance practices. Bias against women's attainment is perpetuated by the very experts who counsel women. Socialization and sex stereotyping lead to both quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Counseling Theories, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training
Donahue, Thomas J. – 1975
The significant research dealing with counselor bias toward women in vocational and personal guidance is presented. Many of the well-known studies in this area have been done in Michigan, using Michigan counselors as subjects. Studies done by Abramowitz, Broverman, Donahue, Goldberg, Hawley, Pringle, Slossberg, and Thomas, as well as The American…
Descriptors: Bias, Counselor Attitudes, Females, Guidance