This article is concerned with the measurement of benefits that clients receive as a result of the counseling and rehabilitation services that are provided to them. Twenty-two instruments that may be useful in measuring rehabilitation outcomes are described. Practical applications of these instruments in assessing benefits to rehabilitation…

The thesis of this article is that factor analysis can serve as a useful heuristic procedure for isolating and operationally defining constructs in rehabilitation counseling. (Author)

The purpose of this investigation was to empirically delineate patterns of verbal interview behavior in a national sample of rehabilitation counselors. The results of the study provided evidence suggestive of relationships among counselor training, job function, and verbal interaction style. (Author)

This article discusses fundamental principles of design and interpretation of factorial studies in an effort to minimize blatant misuses of the factor analysis technique. The article concludes with several recommendations for improving the design of factor analytic studies in rehabilitation. (Author)

Reports on a multisource identification and an in-depth analysis of exemplary state agency rehabilitation counselors so as to describe the characteristics associated with being exemplary. Results indicate no differences between the two types of rehabilitation counselors -- therapeutic and case manager -- on-job satisfaction or on-task demands.…

A group of 31 clients completed the Human Service Scale and were evaluated by their counselors, who used the Client Outcome Measure at the time of the clients' acceptance for rehabilitation services and again at closure. Results were generally consistent with those of previous investigations. (Author)

This research project ascertained personality profiles of rehabilitation clients. Three personality inventories were used. Results indicated state agency rehabilitation clients are characterized by differential patterns of personality characteristics. The taxonomic procedure used was profile analysis, and data was based on self-report. (NG)

Analyzes 6 performance criteria of vocational rehabilitation (VR) counseling effectiveness for a 10-year period. The performance indices were related meaningfully, and some demonstrated substantial longitudinal stability. Concludes that performance criteria based on standard VR caseload statistics may be used inappropriately in counselor…

Replicated Szymanski and associates' findings concerning counselor education, experience, and competitive closure rates for clients with severe disabilities. Findings from 50 rehabilitation counselors revealed that, for approximately the first 12 years of their careers, rehabilitation counselors with master's degrees tended to have higher rates of…

This study compared three rehabilitation counseling styles, information providing, information exchanging and psychotherapy, with least difficult, moderately difficult and most difficult clients respectively. The first and last styles led to high success rates, supporting counselor educators' claims that graduate training programs emphasizing…

Clients (N=103) completed the Human Service Scale and were evaluated by counselors by using the Client Outcome Measure. Analyses led to the conclusion that client and counselor perspectives tend to converge at the theoretical level. A critique of this article is presented by English. (Author)

A study of vocational and personal adjustment measures of client change was conducted. Results showed vocational success and self-reported psychological adjustment are independent dimensions of client change. (Author/EK)

Three self-report personality inventories were administered to a sample of 148 rehabilitation clients. Seven factor-analysis-derived dimensions of personality functioning were correlated with the criterion of successful case closure. Only one of the correlations approached statistical significance, leading to the conclusion that client-reported…

This article outlines the development of a research model for the Client-Counselor Interaction, Patterns of Service, and Client Outcome Project--a study presently taking place in 13 state rehabilitation agencies which addresses the question: What types of counselors, working with what types of clients, effect what types of outcomes? (Author)