This study failed to support earlier findings that jargon as a behavioral cue and assigned prestige as an external cue can be manipulated to affect perceived helper expertness. Several interpretations are drawn from the lack of hypothesized effect in the present study. (Author)

Assessed the effect of counselor responsibility for discipline on perceptions of counselor credibility and on influence of the counselor on high school students (N=185). Results indicated that students' perceptions of counselor credibility are not adversely affected by the counselor being assigned responsibility for discipline. (LLL)

Examined the effects of mentor ethnicity, cultural sensitivity, and student level of cultural mistrust on perceptions of mentor credibility and cultural competence for 74 African American undergraduate males. Mentor ethnicity and the interaction between ethnicity and participant cultural mistrust were related to perceptions of mentor credibility…

Mexican-American college students (N=186) were exposed to a counselor introduction that identified her as either Mexican American or Canadian American, followed by a recorded bogus counseling session in which the counselor spoke English only or English combined with cues of Spanish-speaking ability. No effect was found on ratings of counselor…

Two studies are described in which Asian Americans rated a counselor's performance in a simulated counseling session with an Asian American student. The counselor was rated as more credible and approachable when employing a directive counseling approach than when using a nondirective counseling approach. (Author/MFD)

Compared two measures of perceived counselor expertness, trustworthiness, and attractiveness: the Counselor Rating Form (CRF) and the Counselor Effectiveness Rating Scale (CERS). Results showed expertness, trustworthiness, and attractiveness as measured by both instruments are not independent and are components of a single dimension of perceived…

Examined the effect of membership group and attitudinal similarity on perceived counselor credibility and attractiveness. Homosexual men (N=84) rated the counselor's credibility and attractiveness after listening to a recorded counseling interview. The counselor was rated more expert, trustworthy, and attractive when he stated a sexual preference…

Examined influences on perceptions of counselor credibility in 127 Mexican American community college students who responded to written and tape recorded counselor information, and completed the Counselor Effectiveness Rating Scale. Results showed attitude similarity rather than ethnicity influenced students' perceptions. (JAC)

Examined whether clients who perceived their counselors as holding etiology attributions similar to their own would rate their counselors' credibility higher than clients who saw their counselors as holding dissimilar attributions. Results indicate that clients in the similarity of etiology attribution condition did rate their counselors as more…

Asked counseling service clients (n=232) to rank beliefs about causes of psychological problems and preferences for counseling orientation, and subset (n=69) to rate counselor's credibility and satisfaction with counseling. Found that etiology-belief similarity between counselor and client was not related to ratings of counselor or satisfaction…

This study investigated the relationships among client adherence to Asian cultural values, counselor expression of cultural values, counselor ethnicity, and career counseling process with Asian American college students. Clients who had high adherence to Asian cultural values evaluated Asian American counselors as more empathic and credible than…