This study found that the level of nonverbal behavior had a significant effect on 39 out of 40 ratings made by professional interviewers. Dimensions most influenced by nonverbal behavior were enthusiasm/motivation, confidence in self, and persuasiveness. (Author)

This study investigated similarities and differences of response by male and female counselors-in-training to clients of their own and opposite sex. The Counseling Response Instrument (CRI) was administered to 127 participants. Although different response patterns were found, results were not in the direction of traditional sex-role stereotyping.…

Investigated variations in conceptual complexity level of counselor and client on counselor attraction to the client. Counselor trainees rated attractiveness of clients following two counseling analogue tasks in which the client was depicted as exhibiting high or low conceptual level. More complex clients are more attractive across both levels.…

Clients (N=24) and 16 therapists, including five client-therapist pairs, were interviewed on how issues of social sex-role stereotyping and sexual orientation arose and were dealt with in therapy. Results indicated that similarity of sexual orientation of client and therapist is related to positive psychotherapeutic outcomes. (Author)

Teachers should be trained to provide an educational environment encouraging academic and human growth for all students whatever their ethnic background may be. (JD)

Investigates communication openess by examining the responses of one hundred supervisor-subordinate pairs in a hierarchical setting, and concludes that both supervisors and subordinates favor responses which reflect communication openess. (MH)

Examines whether the use of a particular unit of interaction behavior enhances reliability in interaction analysis research. (Author)

Tests the assumption that the aspects of a group's behavior that lead to judgments of quality probably are equally important and assesses the theoretical import of a discovery indicating differences in the relative impact of different variables on perceptions of the quality of decision making discussions. (MH)

Presents the foundation of a communicator style construct which is stipulated to include communication variables which reflect the "way one verbally and paraverbally interacts to signal how literal meaning should be taken, interpreted, filtered, or understood." (MH)

Of what importance are our impressions and perceptions of others? This empirical investigation suggests that social perceptions can and do exert powerful channeling effects on subsequent social interaction such that actual behavioral confirmation of these beliefs is produced. Outlines a theoretical account of the processes believed to underlie…

The analyses of 33 families with boys (5 to 12 years old) having severe conduct problems focused on a means by which classes of events may be derived from sequential data. (Author/SBH)

This paper reviews the concept of the involuntary client, defines the term, and attempts to identify just who is the involuntary client. Different forms or manifestations of reluctance are discussed as are some ways one might deal with involuntarism. (Author)

This study investigated the ability of maritally-adjusted couples (N=12), couples attaining a divorce (N=5), and couples in counseling (N=9) to predict rewarding effects of their behavior on their spouse. The maritally-adjusted group was always more accurate in their predictions, but significantly more accurate only for selected areas of…

This research is based on the premise that sensitivity training effects are explicable in terms of processes of social influence. Subjects were participants in a residential 5-day training laboratory. Results indicated that no single strong source of influence could be discerned. Implications are discussed. (NG)

Focuses on three issues which are hypothesized as affecting the negotiation of an agreement in a mixed-motive conflict: congruency of verbal and nonverbal messages, relative impact of verbal and nonverbal messages, and expression of cooperative or competitive intentions. (MH)