Presents a causal explanation predicting kinship ties involving division of labor and the usefulness of kin. Data on white households in the Public Use Sample of the 1900 U.S. Census confirmed that wife's parents would be more common in nonfarm households, while husband's parents would predominate in farm households. (JAC)

Examined the association of aid exchange with attachment in student women and their mothers (139 pairs) and these same middle-aged mothers and their mothers (110 pairs). Different results for the two sets of intergenerational relationships are discussed in terms of individual and relationship development. (JAC)

Used data from three generations to examine the association of intimacy to aid and contact in mother-daughter relationships. Results showed aid and contact were not predictive of intimacy. In the younger pairs, the connection between intimacy and contact between visiting and telephoning was conditional on geographical distance. (JAC)

John is the pseudonym for a patient who died shortly after his discharge from a state hospital. This existential interpretation of John's suicide is surmised from personal contacts with the patient as well as from a careful reading of his notes and short stories. (Author)

Case service expenditures for psychological evaluation and counseling and for training were organized into three differential service patterns. The Randomized Block Design was employed as the research strategy to investigate the effects of these service patterns on client outcome. Interclient variability was significantly diminished by client…

Thirty-five 6- to 10-year-old children with initial low rates of donating to help a peer either received a fine for each failure to donate or also were informed of the contingency between the fine and failure to donate. (JH)

This guide presents techniques to assist others in coping with the loss of a loved one. Using the language of 9 layperson, the book contains more than 100 tips for caregivers or loved ones. A simple step is presented on each page, followed by reasons and instructions for each step. Chapters include: "What to Say"; "Helpful Things to Do"; "Dealing…

An overview of a two-week practicum-laboratory training program is presented and discussed. The efficacy of the training is examined from the standpoint of helpful levels of empathy presented by the employment service counselors trained. (Author)

This article includes a discussion of two counseling cases as handled by "naive perceptualists" as well as thoughts concerning some effects of empathy and respect and how they relate to behavior modification. "Naive perceptualist" refers to the novice, client-centered counselor who makes no attempt to be selective in his empathy and respect, and…

Female snake-phobic subjects were assigned to one of three treatments: warm automated therapist procedure, cold automated therapist procedure, or control. Results showed significantly more improvement among subjects in the first group. (Author)

The present study investigates the relationship of the temporal characteristics of therapists' verbal behavior to the communication of empathic understanding in psychotherapy. (Author)

A brief description is presented of a Counseling Adjunct Program which has been a successful application of one of several possibilities available to counseling agencies that wish to employ nonprofessionals in direct service positions. (Author)

This article describes a storefront counseling center where part-time volunteers involve young people in positive ways. (JC)

This article concerns the role of the counselor in the secondary school and the problems surrounding that position. (JC)

Consulting provides counselors with a process for affecting their public image while becoming highly accountable to the full range of their clientele. (Author)