Contends that tests of statistical significance and measures of magnitude in counseling psychology research do not provide same information. Argues interpreting magnitude of experimental effects must be two-stage decision process with the second stage of process being conditioned on results of a test of statistical significance and entailing…

Subjects received falsified psychological test results that were discrepant in either positive or negative directions with their own reports on self-referring attitudes. Subjects who received negative feedback were more likely to derogate the interpreter, whereas subjects who received positive feedback were more likely to change their self-reports…

Clinical findings indicated that relatively low Academic Achievement scale scores generally predicted changes of occupational planning toward business and other applied directions, whereas higher Academic Achievement scale scores were associated with changes toward more academic and scientific orientations. These regularities were modified for…

Examined interpretations of 100 career counselee's responses to Self-Directed Search (SDS). Found that agreement between scales identified as relevant was as high as agreement among counselors, insignificant correlations between counselors' judgments of counselee's degree of interest crystallization and Holland's (1985) measure of consistency, and…

Objective procedures for converting test data into counseling information are discussed and illustrated, with special attention being given to similarity scores and similarity score profiles. Local validity studies are needed to support data-information conversion procedures. Computer-based systems are also valuable. (Author)

Suggests that when a students' response style is greatly skewed, the occupational scales reflect the pattern of the test construction. Correlating that pattern with students' actual profiles showed the common variance may average 35 percent when a predominance of one response reaches 60 percent. (JAC)

Estimated the relatedness of category placements of the Occupational Scales of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory for 87 college women. Results showed the Campbell and Hansen placements of 44 Occupational Scales were classified as related; 19 were discrepant by one criteria and 12 were discripant by both study criteria. (JAC)

The findings suggest that Personal Orientation Inventory scores are unlikely to be inflated by the conscious or unconscious attempts of subjects to make a good impression on the inventory when they have little knowledge of the self-actualizing model of man. (Author)

Investigated how empathy ratings using the Empathic Understanding in Interpersonal Processes Scale were affected by conditions under which ratings were made. Empathy ratings should be sensitive to the rater's knowledge of to whom and what the counselor is responding. This was not so. Validity of the scale was questioned. (Author/BEF)

Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory answer sheets for 300 male university freshmen were scored via both the 1981 and 1985 scoring systems. Communalities of the profiles generated by the two scoring systems indicated considerable profile variance. Counselors should thoroughly understand changes made in the new instrument. (Author/NB)

Argues that attempts to assess racial identity via single variables trivialize the construct. Suggests that problems with the manner in which the Racial Identity Attitude Scale was used in the Pomales, Claiborn, and LaFromboise (1985) study contributed to possible problems in scale reliability and interpretation. (Author/ABB)

Provides an expository presentation of multivariate analysis (MANOVA). Addresses several questions relating to why one should use MANOVA, its structure, how MANOVA test statistics and follow-up tests are obtained and interpreted, presentation of results, and alternatives to MANOVA. Uses an example data set to illustrate these points. (Author/KS)

Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) results were studied for participants whose most relevant SCII occupational scale was a twin scale. Overall, the other-sex SCII twin scale was about as accurate a predictor as the same-sex scale. (Author)

Examined tape recordings and transcripts of five interviews which consisted of sequence of conversational turns, called adjacency pairs, to establish credibility of test score report and its personal relevance for client. Found that, by skillful management of turn taking, counselors exerted influence on content of client's next turn and on…

The analysis of grade point averages showed no significant differences among detailed, limited, or no knowledge or results groups. The test anxiety level was higher for the detailed knowledge group. It was concluded that the time factor between giving the results to subjects and the grade point average collection and administration of the test…