Examines the factor structure of ratings made with Carkhuff's revised scales of facilitative conditions. The general assumption has been that these counselor characteristics were discrete counselor variables; however, this study suggests that at least two of the variables are closely related aspects of the same underlying quality. (Author/PC)

This research measured the relationship between humor appreciation responses and facilitative abilities of graduate counselor trainees. In this study counselor trainees who were more intelligent, anti-establishment, anxious, flirtatious and introverted were able to communicate at a more facilitative level. Implications and further research are…

The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the perceptual characteristics of counselors at the elementary, secondary, and community college levels. Counselors (N=45) were asked to write "human relations incidents." There were no significant differences between groups. All counselors held positive perceptual characteristics. (NG)

This is a study of the changes that occur in undergraduate student interviewers as traced in three separate interviews over a 3-year training period and replicated over two classes of students. Student interviewees perceived student interviewers as more benign than professional interviewers over the series of three interviews. (Author)

The purposes of this school counselor preparation program were twofold: (1) to recruit, train, and certify as school counselors in Wisconsin individuals with strong behavioral science undergraduate training and experience in related helping professions; and (2) to ascertain if school counselors without teaching experience could be as effective as…

Cognitive dissonance theory suggests that counseling students will be most inclined to develop and later use those skills which they perceive as being valuable. For example, if students consider display of warmth a characteristic which distinguishes effective from ineffective counselors, it is more likely that once graduated the students will…