Results indicate that both types of counseling had a beneficial effect relative to the untreated controls but that the behavioral method resulted in a significantly greater magnitude of improvement. The behavioral technique was the treatment of choice for counseling parents of the retarded. (Author)

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…

Evaluates therapeutic efficacy of Beck's cognitive treatment and Lewinsohn's behavioral treatment of depression. Results indicated the cognitive modification group was the most effective in alleviating depression as measured by self-report and objective clinical ratings. Cognitive modification resulted in significantly fewer depressive symptoms…

Thirty-six students at a continuation high school were identified as predelinquents and selected as subjects on the basis of their poor attendance and academic records. Pretreatment and posttreatment data were collected on the following variables: attendance figures and academic credits. Following preliminary assessment, the subjects were randomly…

Behavioral counseling and consulting may be less value laden than other orientations to changing behavior. It appears the principles of behavior modification are not as directly derived from a particular culture as other orientations may be; then behavioral counseling and consulting have definite applicability across different cultural settings.…

Three Internal-External (I-E) locus of control counseling techniques were used in regular counseling sessions to determine whether these techniques would result in a control expectancy shift from external to internal. Twenty-seven Ss were counseled in 4 groups for five weeks, twice each week in groups, and once each week individually by 4…