The effect of supervision on the learning of basic clinical interviewing skills within the microcounseling format was studied. Subjects were 12 paraprofessional counselors. Analysis revealed only one significant effect indicating more frequent use of microcounseling than opposite skills. No significant differences were found between training…

Asian-American students in the 1966 freshman class were studied over a four-year period to determine usage of mental health services. Asian-Americans underutilized the campus psychiatric service but significantly overutilized the Counseling Center. Possible reasons related to the Asian-Americans' subcultural values explain these findings. (Author)

The effects of different methods of problem presentation and client problems on the counseling responses of 42 students enrolled in graduate counseling methods courses were investigated. Results indicated that the method of problem presentation and type of problem have significant effects on counseling response and that some predictable…

This study examined the relationship of 97 college women's self-concepts and role concepts to nine career orientation variables. Results supported the expectation that women with similar self- and homemaker concepts would not be career oriented. (Author)

A multivariate analysis of postanxiety measures showed no differences between the treatment groups but in comparison to the no-treatment control group both treatments were associated with significant anxiety reduction on four measures related to speech disturbance, extraneous body movement, and self-reported anxiety. (Author)

The effectiveness of two different in-service training workshops for counselors was compared. The results demonstrated the usefulness of Carkhuff-based training supplemented by group encounter as a professional-skills enhancer and underscored the transferability of sensitivity training gains to counseling. (Author)

Males and females who differed on measures of defensiveness and anxiety predicted, and in a later experimental interview evaluated, their verbal exploration and subjective comfort following a role-induction exercise. Low defensive-low anxious subjects were most successful in their overall participation. (Author)

Data were analyzed from a sample of elderly males and females to ascertain level of expectancy for control as well as the relationship between internal control and adaptive behavior. Assessments were made with the Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, and indices of developmental adjustment, active involvement, and emotional adaptation.…

A content analysis of 63 faculty collective bargaining contracts and a survey of the chief student personnel officers and faculty union leaders involved revealed that student personnel workers at two-year institutions are treated more like teaching faculty than at four-year institutions. (Author)

In fulfillment of a new Minnesota law, all teachers must complete a training program in human relations. Some 300 programs have been in operation. This study attempts to determine to what degree those programs have been successful. (Author/HMV)

A field study was conducted in a suburban elementary school to ascertain the relationship between the CEFT, a measure of field independence, and tests of verbal ability and general intelligence for lower-class black subjects. Results are contrary to previous findings. (Author)

Paper sponsored by a grant from the Wisconsin Association for Mental Health.

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