Describes process scales designed to rate counselor's references to locus of control and record problem-solving statements. Results indicated counselors are inconsistent in use of style and content in causality. Counselors implied that students had resources to solve problems, but provided solutions rather than allowing students to solve problems.…

Evaluated generalizability of findings that male and female patients receive differential psychiatric treatment. Comparison of outpatients on demographic, clinical, and self-report measures of mood, symptoms, and interpersonal concerns revealed no sex differences. Results indicated that with samples of male and female patients, there were no…

Considers whether women experience sex discrimination in counseling and whether an adequate solution to experienced sex bias is counseling with the same sex counselor. Concludes that there is little evidence that male counselors are more subject to bias than female counselors. (Author)

Proposed a procedure for extending the external validity of analogue research. Hill, Tanney, Leonard, and Reiss's analogue investigation of counselor reactions to female clients was partially replicated using parallel measures obtained in a naturalistic counseling setting. Results bode well for the procedure of translating analogue variables into…

Black counselors tended to use a societal focus of problem diagnosis more frequently than did White counselors. However, while Whites' diagnoses were almost exclusively individual, Blacks employed a more equal distribution of individually and societally focused responses. The significance of counselor sex differences was relatively weak.…

The factor analytic model of the practitioner-oriented "Opinions about People" was tested with a population of gerontological practitioners. An analysis eliminated nine items not warranting inclusion in the instrument, redistributed the factors, and brought out a completely new factor. (Author)

The decision to use values clarification techniques at a staff orientation for camp counselors was based upon a firm belief that they would ultimately foster harmony, understanding and love, plus a feeling of togetherness that would make the activities program at Camp Fatima in New Hampshire its most successful. (Author/RK)

The effect of research article length, format, and technical quality upon practicing counselors' receptivity to research material was examined. It was found that none of the predictor variables significantly affected scores of counselor receptivity in any consistent direction or between articles of different content. (Author)

Explores the difficulties, dilemmas, and opportunities afforded by working within a time-limited counseling framework. Gives a brief outline of the change process and provides the backdrop for some reflections on the extent to which time-limited working is consistent with, and adaptable to, a humanistic-dynamic conception of the person. (RJM)

Examines the assumptions of "self" made in the professional and managerial discourses of guidance. Suggests that these assumptions obstruct the capacity of guidance workers to explain their own practices. Drawing on contemporary debates over identity, modernity, and postmodernity, argues for a more explicit debate about the self in…

Child protection professionals (N=242) were surveyed regarding their picks for the best papers or book chapters in the field. A citation search was also conducted. Eight papers appeared in the top 15 of both the professional survey and the citation search, with "The Battered Child Syndrome" (Kempe, et al., 1962) appearing at the top of both lists.…

The degree of ambiguity in the term "suicide attempt" was examined among 14 expert suicidologists, and 59 general mental health clinicians. The participants judged whether each of ten vignettes of actual adolescent self-harm behaviors was a suicide attempt. Low levels of agreement were found within each group, although agreement was better for the…

Surveys 86 mental health professionals employed in university counseling centers in the United States on their attitudes toward discussing religious and spiritual topics and toward using religious and spiritual practices in counseling. Participants viewed the use and discussion of spiritual topics/practices more favorably than the use and…

States importance of multicultural perspective in providing more diverse and complex mental health counseling perspective. Argues that counselor understanding of group differences (ethnographic, demographic, status, and affiliation) is important for accurate interpretation of behaviors. Concludes pervasive influence of culture through underlying…

Surveyed rehabilitation counselors' (N=105) opinions about employer perceptions of workers with disabilities and the business-rehabilitation partnership. Assessed employer involvement in partnerships with regard to assistance with employment practices for workers with disabilities; affirmative action programs; and usefulness of technical…