To study the independent and combined impact of a counselor's verbal (i.e., evaluative feedback) and nonverbal (i.e., interpersonal distance) communications on behavioral compliance, 80 female clients were individually interviewed in the context of a weight-reduction clinic. Physical proximity strengthened adherence to a counselor's dieting…

College students receiving individual counseling services (36 male and 64 female) served as subjects. Each subject received two questionnaires containing three forms of the Jourard Self-Disclosure Questionnaire and a revised form of the Relationship Questionnaire. Results did not provide total support for any one theory of self-disclosure in…

The study involved a laboratory analogue simulating invasion of privacy by a third party in a counseling setting. The experimental design included 74 subjects randomly assigned to three experimental conditions, private, invasion, and spatial divider. Results strongly demonstrated reduced privacy decreases client self-disclosure. (Author)

Describes a series of interaction experiences directed toward improving psychological education in the classroom and evaluates the effectiveness of those experiences. (Author)

Reports how teachers feel about their respective principals and the perceptions they have of the principals' role. (Author)

Analyzes research studies of leaderless groups in terms of specific variables which seem to be important for each study. (Author)

The leaderless group can be invaluable as an aid to the supervisor with the task of sustaining protective service personnel. The success of such a group may be contingent on the participation of mature, highly motivated individuals who have already developed some trust in one another. (Author)

Provides insight into the desirability of assigning clients to counselors with a high proportion of successful closures with members of the clients' disability group. The criterion of desirability was the Cooper-Rubin suitability-of-placement index. Results indicated no positive relationship between counselors' proportion of successful closures…

This paper, presented at the Gerontological Society meeting, October 1975, Louisville, examines the hypothesis that attitudinal differences between age groups will vary by type of community. Comparisons are made of 24 attitude scale scores by 224 young-old persons and 42 old-old persons. More differences were found in the urban groups. (Author)

The effects of counselor verbal behavior (reflections, probes, and restatements) and counselor nonverbal behavior (presence or absence of nodding and smiling) upon 48 subjects was examined. Probes resulted in more discussion of feelings than did either reflections or restatements. Nonverbal behavior did not effect discussion of feelings. (Author)

Too often the only contact the assistant principal has with students is in his role as disciplinarian. If the total school atmosphere can be improved, the author asserts, not only will fewer disciplinary problems occur but the assistant principalship will become more positive. (Editor)

Data presented in this article report student perceptions of the guidance services at the Educational Opportunity Center of Westchester. The majority of the students saw counselors as being understanding, accessible, and helpful. (Author/HLM)

Counselors will have the opportunity to share the experience of death with their counselees. If counselors are able to enter deeply into the experience of death with another person, they will find the experience one of the most significant and rewarding of their counseling career. (Author)

The authors present seven specific criteria for judging effective goal setting in counseling. These are described as goals which have been mutually agreed upon, promote achievement, eliminate self-defeating behaviors, and are success-oriented, quantifiable, behavioral, and understandable by the client. (Author/HLM)

The relative power of cooperative and trusting patterns of behavior versus those of exploitation and distrust in affecting the results of group decision-making processes was investigated. The outcome of a study using the Prisoner's Dilemma Game seems to suggest the disproportionate influence of competitive people in these settings. (Author)