The Effect of Previous Experience on Preference of Approach for Effective Counseling |
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Authors: | Robin A. Hensley Valjean M. Cashen Marjorie L. Lewis |
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Affiliation: | 1. Jefferson County Comprehensive Services;2. Illinois State University |
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Abstract: | Students in a general psychology class viewed four videotapes of initial vocational-educational and initial personal concern counseling sessions. The sessions were presented from a client-centered approach and from a behavioral approach, and employed the same client and counselor. After viewing the tapes, the students were asked to indicate which approach they thought would be more effective in helping a client. Results showed that students who had previously experienced counseling preferred a behavioral approach for both the vocational-educational concern and the personal concern. Students with no experience of counseling did not exhibit a preference. |
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Keywords: | life expectancy life span longevity personality Type A stress |
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