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Pole, Nnamdi; Ablon, J. Stuart; O'Connor, Lynn E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
This article illustrates a method of testing models of change in individual long-term psychotherapy cases. A depressed client was treated with 208 sessions of control mastery therapy (CMT), an unmanualized approach that integrates elements of psychodynamic therapy (PDT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Panels of experts developed prototypes…
Descriptors: Models, Cognitive Restructuring, Psychotherapy, Behavior Modification
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Possel, Patrick; Seemann, Simone; Hautzinger, Martin – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
Despite the well-known relevance of comorbidity, few studies have examined the impact of comorbid anxiety or externalizing symptoms on the prevention of depressive symptoms in adolescents. To replicate earlier positive effects of a cognitive-behavioral prevention program of depressive symptoms and to test the hypothesis that the prevention program…
Descriptors: Prevention, Early Adolescents, Program Effectiveness, Depression (Psychology)
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Thurman, Christopher W. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1985
Reports follow-up evaluations of effectiveness of cognitive-behavior modification (CBM) and cognitive-behavior modification plus assertion training (CBM/AT) treatments in reducing Type A behavior among university faculty. CBM and CBM/AT groups continued to report significantly less Type A behavior, less speed and impatience. No differences were…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Effectiveness
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Stiles, William B.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1988
Forty clients received eight psychodynamic treatment (exploratory) sessions and eight cognitive/behavioral treatment (prescriptive) sessions in crossover design. Counselors and external raters rated exploratory sessions as deeper and more powerful; counselors, external raters, and clients rated prescriptive sessions as smoother and easier.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
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Mickelson, Douglas J.; Stevic, Richard R. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1971
The hypothesis was confirmed that behavioral counselors who were facilitative, that is, high in their offerings of warmth, empathy, and genuineness would be more effective than nonfacilitative behavioral counselors, that is, low in their offerings of warmth, empathy and genuineness. (Author/CG(
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics
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Hartigan, Kevin J.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1982
Examined whether obese subjects' causal attributions of their weight problems to ability, effort, task difficulty, and luck affect how much weight they lose as a function of treatment. Results indicated the most powerful predictor of positive weight status was subjects' perception that they had the ability to lose weight. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adults, Attitude Change, Attribution Theory
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Holen, Michael C.; Kinsey, William M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1975
This study examined differences in potential-client preference and believed effectiveness for counseling approaches. Analyses of responses to randomly ordered same-client, same-problem tapes of each approach indicated that the behavioral approach was significantly more highly preferred and believed more effective than either the client-centered or…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness
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Fremouw, William J.; Feindler, Eva L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1978
Compared a peer model and professional model for teaching study skills to college freshmen. Subjects in both models significantly improved study skills relative to attention and waiting-list control groups. The peer model was as effective as the professional model in study-skills change. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, College Freshmen, Counseling Effectiveness
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Mackay, Hannah C.; Barkham, Michael; Stiles, William B.; Goldfried, Marvin R. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2002
Whereas cognitive-behavioral (CB) therapy sessions aim to be instructive and encouraging, psychodynamic-interpersonal (PI) sessions aim to be exploratory and may be emotionally painful. Raters rated degree of pleasure and arousal in each sentence of client speech in CB and PI sessions (N=18) that therapists had identified as particularly helpful.…
Descriptors: Therapy, Counseling Techniques, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
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Wachowiak, Dale G. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1973
The relationship between personality and interest inventory test scores and several vocational counseling outcome measures was investigated. Male college students uncertain about their choice of major received either model-reinforcement counseling, traditional counseling, or no counseling. Results suggest that amount of change in outcome measures…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Career Choice, Career Counseling, College Students
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Gormally, Jim; Rardin, David – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Compared behavioral counseling with nutrition education. Initial weight losses were similar. Behavioral participants consumed fewer calories but often used diets that were nutritionally unsound. Behavioral treatment appears best for moderate obesity, but procedures are needed for nutrition education, promoting fitness, and teaching independent…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
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Domke, Jane A.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Compared a weight control treatment specifically tailored to the needs of residence hall students with a standardized behavioral procedure. Although posttreatment results indicated a very slight and nonsignificant advantage for the residence hall condition, this was not true at follow-up. Suggests the residence hall procedure may be overly…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Comparative Testing, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
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Altmaier, Elizabeth Mitchell; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1979
Results indicated that effectiveness of attribution therapy depended on the timing of the intervention and the locus of control orientation of the participant. Internals evidenced greater self-acceptance when intervention occurred prior to negative evaluation. Externals' ratings of self-evaluation were not influenced. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Behavior Modification, Counseling Effectiveness
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Leal, Lois L.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Compares the relative effectiveness of cognitive modification and systematic desensitization with test anxious high school students (N=30). The systematic desensitization treatment appeared to be significantly more effective on the performance measure while cognitive modification was more effective on one of the self-report measures. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Objectives, Comparative Analysis, Coping