Research suggests that individuals with heightened symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders engage in diminished emotional disclosure. On the basis of emotion regulation theories, the authors hypothesized that this symptom-disclosure relationship would be mediated by the avoidance of emotional experience and expression. In Study 1, college students…

A phenomenological method of qualitative inquiry was used to understand the process by which individuals who hold identities of being both a Christian and an ally of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals make meaning of and integrate these 2 identities. Interviews were conducted with 11 doctoral-level psychologists who self-identified as…

The authors conducted 2 studies to identify the vocal acoustical correlates of unresolved anger and sadness among women reporting unresolved anger toward an attachment figure. In Study 1, participants (N = 17) were induced to experience and express anger then sadness or sadness then anger. In Study 2, a 2nd group of participants (N = 22) underwent…

Investigated the relationship between cognitive complexity of self-reported emotional experience and accurate empathic understanding in a group of experienced counselors. A significant positive correlation was found between cognitive complexity of self-reported emotional experience and accurate empathic understanding. (Author)

A quantitative approach was used to identify factors relating to emotional adjustment in 84 dying patients. Emotional adjustment was influenced more by the patient's physical condition, by previous experiences with dying persons, and by interpersonal relationships. (Author)

Subjects indicated the extent to which they would use different helping categories in response to tape recordings of male or female stimulus persons expressing problems in angry, sad, or neutral manners. Emotion expressed proved to be a powerful determinant of indicated responses. Target sex had little effect on helping responses. (Author)

Twenty-five distressed adult clients received 2 sessions each of dream and event interpretation using the Hill model during 12 sessions of successful therapy. No differences were found in depth, insight, and working alliance among dream interpretation, event interpretation, and unstructured sessions, suggesting that dream interpretation is as…

Examines male therapists' gender-role conflict, client sexual orientation, and client emotional expression as they interrelate with clinical judgments about male clients. Results indicate that therapist gender-role-conflict factors, in combination with client sexual orientation and emotional expression, were associated with therapists' ratings of…

Explores the relationships among attachment styles, gender, and aspects of emotional experience pertinent to the counseling situation: (a) attention to emotion, (b) intensity of emotion, and (c) emotional expressivity. Four self-report measures, including an adult attachment-style questionnaire and three measures of emotion, were given to 140…

This study employed training in facilitative self-responding as a means of helping clients alter what they say to themselves. The training was compared to empathy-based individual counseling. Results using eight measures identified significant differences in favor of the trained group for six of the eight variables. (Author)

The factors students consider in choosing a college major were scaled on an analytic-intuitive dimension. Differences in thinking orientation were found to be associated with students's sex, area of study, and year in school. Overall, the apparent lack of explicit rationality in student educational decisions appears to be adaptive. (Author)

Investigated meaning of career change using drama from family of origin perspective. Developed narrative portrayals of meaning from case studies (N=10) through use of quantitative Q sort data and qualitative interview data. Results suggest that family dramas are reenacted in work and meaning of a career change is significant development of these…

Teaching clients effective communication skills has become an important function of the counseling psychologist. This study examines the language patterns of trainees in a communication skills program. Factor analysis suggests effective communication may be defined in terms of appropriately referred emotional expressiveness. Implications of this…

Research is cited supporting usefulness of fantasy and daydreaming in career planning and counseling. Suggestions are made regarding use of spontaneous and guided fantasy and daydreams in career counseling. Relaxation training is discussed, a script for a guided fantasy is provided, and methods of processing the fantasy experience are addressed.…

Examines clients' counseling experiences using concept mapping, a methodological approach combing qualitative and quantitative strategies. Clarifies the scope and interrelations among elements of the retrospective experience of helpfulness among clients. Results found that the structure of the concept map was found to be consistent with an…