The present study used an analog design with three vignettes portraying homework administrations at three levels of therapist directiveness (low, medium, and high) and the Therapeutic Reactance Scale to measure participant reactance. Participants (N = 436) read the vignettes and completed the Homework Completion Scale (HCS), Counseling…

Examined the extent to which two dimensions of two measures of counseling effectiveness represent similar constructs. College students viewed filmed excerpts of therapy sessions conducted by experienced male therapists using different therapeutic approaches. Three higher-order factors were identified, thus supporting the purported…

Effects of the sex of the counselor and of gender role orientation on client ratings of counselors-in-training were examined in a group (N=65) of graduate counselor trainees. An interaction between sex and gender role orientation was found for differences in clients' willingness to refer a friend to the counselor. Implications for training and…

Compared the effects of tentative and absolute interpretations and two relatively noninterpretive counselor responses (summarization and restatement) while holding constant discrepancy and content of interpretation. Results from the ratings of undergraduate students (N=163) showed that counselors delivering tentative interpretations were not rated…

Investigated differential ability of similarity theory and social exchange theory to predict the effects of self-disclosure in a counseling versus a friendship encounter (n=80 undergraduates). Participants rated the videotaped self-disclosure of an individual in an initial dyadic encounter. Unequivocal support was not obtained for either theory.…