Multiple Perspectives of Parent-Adolescent Sexuality Communication: Phenomenological Description of a Rashoman Effect∗

Due to methodological limitations, past meta-analytic research was not able to identify which treatment was most effective for specific marital distress levels. By converting pre-and post-test scores from marital research into equivalent Dyadic Adjustment Scale scores, it was possible to isolate mild, moderate, and severe levels of marital distress. Results show that Emotionally Focused Therapy is significantly more effective than isolated Behavioral Marital Therapy interventions for the treatment of moderate marital distress. Future directions of outcome research are also discussed.     

RELIABILITIES OF RATINGS AVAILABLE FROM THE DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES

Job analysts who collect occupational information for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles observed and interviewed job incumbents representing 20 diverse occupations and rated each occupation on a wide variety of characteristics following standard United States Employment Services procedures. On the basis of four ratings, the large majority of 70 scales were found to have coefficient alpha (or KR-20) reliabilities in excess of .SO, and 25 scales had reliabilities ranging from .90 to .98; a variance ratio procedure yielded largely consistent estimates. Reliabilities were similar to those found in an earlier study using different procedures and were similar to those from a well-developed, occupa-tionally anchored scale of "Job Complexity," developed for this study. Scales representing broad, abstract job characteristics tended to have higher reliabilities than scales representing more concrete job characteristics.     

Counseling Foreign Law Students

This article examines issues that foreign students studying law in the United States may encounter, issues that are proposed within the context of existing information on foreign students, law students, and the law school experience. Implications for counseling are discussed.     

Model Legislation for Licensed Professional Counselors

State legislated licensure for professional counselors is a critical aspect of the evolution of the counseling profession. Model licensure legislation will help promote a unified view of the profession. Model legislation for licensed professional counselors, along with a rationale for the content of said legislation, is presented.     

BENEFIT COVERAGE AND EMPLOYEE COST: CRITICAL FACTORS IN EXPLAINING COMPENSATION SATISFACTION

This research examined the joint effects of benefit coverage and the costs borne by employees on multiple dimensions of compensation satisfaction. Information regarding pay and benefit practices was collected by interviewing personnel specialists and reviewing policy and procedure documents in eight organizations. At a later time, satisfaction data were collected from employees via mail surveys. The results indicated that satisfaction with benefits increased with improved coverage and decreased with higher employee costs. Employees were particularly sensitive to variation in the cost of health insurance. Also, for respondents possessing accurate information about actual coverage levels, the relationship between coverage and satisfaction was more pronounced. For the organizations studied here, salaries and benefits were being administered using compensatory allocation rules. Salary levels were negatively correlated with the levels of benefit coverage, and the various components of the compensation systems covaried in complex ways. The methodological implications associated with this research are emphasized and suggest that the interpretability of much of the past research devoted to employee benefits has been compromised.