Assessed attitudes of 58 counselors and 56 counseling graduate students toward nontraditional careers. Results showed male counselors were more negative toward nontraditional careers than females, and counseling students were more negative than counselors. Participants were much more negative toward men than toward women having nontraditional…

Examined therapists' attitudes and fantasies toward clients involved in extramarital sex, sexually open marriages, and swinging. Therapists (N=57) responded to a 17-item questionnaire. The prediction that therapists would have more negative then positive attitudes toward alternative lifestyle clients was supported. (RC)

Studied vocational interests of persons with spinal cord injury. Using the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory, participants' scores were compared to norms for men and women in general on the inventory. Showed their interests were often incongruent with their physical limitations and suggested that counselors must assist in identifying vocational…

Surveyed rehabilitation counselors to measure professionalism and job satisfaction. Findings indicated counselors who were certified or planned to be were more professional and believed their work was more beneficial to society than counselors who did not seek certification. The certified group also demonstrated greater job satisfaction. (JAC)

Presents a model for understanding termination conflict resulting from competing rather than complementary responses to successful counseling. Discusses termination conflict as a threat to an otherwise successful counseling relationship. (Author)

Studies the relationship between clients' personality variables and rehabilitation counselors' perception of these variables. Four client groups were created along two dimensions of personality variables: emotional security need and sexual problems. A significant relationship was found between the client's group membership and his evaluation with…

Explored male and female counselors' responses to male and female clients who expressed anger and depression. Multivariate analysis of variance produced two significant counselor-gender effects. Female counselors rated themselves as more empathic than did males. Females were rated as angrier than males. Results are discussed in terms of…

Reviews research on sex bias in psychological evaluation and psychotherapy. The experimental analogue continues to dominate the literature and to return a resoundingly negative verdict. This evidence is often discounted on the grounds of the analogue's transparency and clinical impoverishment. (Author)

Investigated psychologists' judgments of the accuracy of clients' attributions for presenting problems. Clinicians did not differ in estimate of accuracy based on whether attributions were internal or external, but female clinicians were more likely to judge client attributions as accurate. (Author/JAC)

The therapist with similar attitudes was seen as more qualified, higher in interpersonal attraction, and more likeable. Subjects were more willing to recommend or seek therapy from these therapists. Significant interaction indicated that male subjects were more affected by the degree of attitude similarity. (Author)

Investigated the relationship between individuals' cognitive characteristics and preferences for behavioral or insight counseling. Results suggest that clients' cognitive characteristics are indicative of expectations and preferences in counseling. Preference of more formal thinkers for insight counseling and of more concrete thinkers for…

Examined effects of physical attractiveness on subjects' perceptions of a female counselor. Results indicated that the attractive counselor was perceived more favorably by females with regard to her competence, assertiveness, interest, and relaxation, and ability to help with problems of anxiety, shyness, career choice, and sexual functioning.…

Compared the diagnostic and descriptive judgments by intake counselors about clients. Results showed that counselors made differing judgments about clients. Significant differences were found in some judgments when analyzed by sex of the counselors. (Author)

Reexamines a previous study of biases in social workers, which found that, contrary to common expectations, social workers' clinical judgments tended to be biased in favor of female clients. However, this replication produced some contradictory results. (Author)

Relative to controls, crisis workers have consistently higher apprehension about their own mortality. Significance for selection and training of suicide counselors is noted. (Author)