Counseling as a Stochastic Process: Fitting a Markov Chain Model to Initial Counseling Interviews.

Lichtenberg, James W.; Hummel, Thomas J.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Counseling as a Stochastic Process: Fitting a Markov Chain Model to Initial Counseling Interviews

Lichtenberg, James W.; Hummel, Thomas J.

Journal of Counseling Psychology, 23, 4, 310-314, Jul 76

The goodness of fit of a first-order Markov chain model to six counseling interviews was assessed by using chi-square tests of homogeneity and simulating sampling distributions of selected process characteristics against which the same characteristics in the actual interviews were compared. The model fit four of the interviews. Presented at AERA, Washington, D.C., April 1975. (Author)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Counseling, Counseling Theories, Helping Relationship, Interviews, Reinforcement, Research Projects, Responses, Verbal Communication

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