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| Career Counseling | 2 |
| Counselor Role | 2 |
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| Interest Inventories | 2 |
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| Counseling Psychologist | 5 |
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| Watkins, C. Edward, Jr. | 2 |
| Healy, Charles C. | 1 |
| May, Therese M. | 1 |
| Scott, Kathleen J. | 1 |
| Watkins, C. Edward Jr. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedWatkins, C. Edward, Jr. – Counseling Psychologist, 1993
Reviews survey articles about vocational assessment that have appeared from 1935 through 1991. Identifies nine points that summarize what surveys have told about the teaching and practice of vocational assessment. Notes that Strong Interest Inventory dominates field as most frequently used and recommended vocational assessment procedure.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Interest Inventories, Needs Assessment
Peer reviewedWatkins, C. Edward Jr.; And Others – Counseling Psychologist, 1988
Assessed counseling psychologists' (N=630) uses of and opinions about psychological tests. Found psychologists used both objective and projective tests, using objective tests more. Psychologists recommended counseling students learn about tests because they answer assessment needs and provide personality structure information. Found the…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Counselors, Diagnostic Tests, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedMay, Therese M.; Scott, Kathleen J. – Counseling Psychologist, 1991
Surveyed training directors of American Psychological Association approved counseling psychology programs and internship sites to determine extent of training in psychological assessment procedures. Found that clinical interview was most widely used procedure, vocational assessment was changing, different procedures were emphasized in academic and…
Descriptors: Certification, Counselor Training, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHealy, Charles C. – Counseling Psychologist, 1990
In the typical career appraisal, the structure of client and counselor roles and the focus of the assessments and interpretation obstruct its intended purpose in four major ways: casting clients as subordinates, discounting self-assessment by favoring counselor assessments, de-emphasizing the influence of context, and focusing on a single choice.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role
Peer reviewedWatkins, C. Edward, Jr.; And Others – Counseling Psychologist, 1994
Surveyed 637 American Psychological Association counseling psychologists about their vocational assessment practices. Found that 56% of respondents provided vocational assessment services. Respondents most frequently recommended that graduate students in counseling psychology be trained in Strong Interest Inventory (SII). Respondents most…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Counselor Training
