The Effects of Rehabilitation Counselor Disability Status on Similarly Disabled Clients' Perceptions of Counselor Social Influence and Empathy

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
John K. McKay ◽  
E. Thomas Dowd ◽  
Stephen A. Rollin
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Disability Status ◽  
Rating Form ◽  
Mobility Impaired ◽  
Counselor Rating ◽  
High Influence

Two rehabilitation counselors seated in wheelchairs (mobility impaired) were videotaped in two counseling interviews in which they were coached to be either high or low in social influence and empathy. Each session was simultaneously videotaped with two cameras, one which showed the wheelchair (i.e. disabled counselor), while the other did not (i.e. nondisabled counselor). Forty-eight mobility impaired clients evaluated two counselors each, using the Counselor Rating Form and the empathy subscale of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory. High influence disabled counselors were rated significantly higher on all measures than high influence notuiisabled counselors. There was no significant differences on any of the measures between low influence disabled counselors and low influence nondisabled counselors. Implications and suggestions for further research are presented.

Clients' Characteristics as Mediating Variables in Perception of Counselors' Social Influence

1982 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
John K. Mc Kay ◽  
E. Thomas Dowd ◽  
Stephen A. Roixin
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rehabilitation Center ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Counseling Process ◽  
Process And Outcome ◽  
Rating Form ◽  
Mediating Variables ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Counselor Rating

48 clients in a rehabilitation center viewed two 12-min. videotapes each, one depicting a counselor high in social influence and the other one of low influence. They then rated the counselors on the Counselor Rating Form and the Empathy subscale of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory. Black subjects and subjects at lower educational levels rated the counselor of low social influence significantly higher than did whites and better educated subjects on all measures. White subjects and subjects at higher educational levels rated the counselor of high social influence significantly higher on Trustworthiness and Empathy than did blacks and less educated subjects. Results are discussed in light of the research on clients' characteristics as mediating variables in the counseling process and outcome.

Counselling effectiveness of guidance officers in Queensland State high schools

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Brittain
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Interpersonal Influence ◽  
Satisfaction Questionnaire ◽  
Influence Model ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Rating Form ◽  
Counselor Rating ◽  
Influence Process

The counselling effectiveness of guidance officers (GOs) was examined in a study involving 21 State secondary schools in Queensland. Students from Year 8 to Year 12 from each school were asked to rate the level of satisfaction with a counselling session. This was measured by the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) developed by Larsen, Attkisson, Hargreaves and Nguyen (1979). Based on Strong's (1968) Social Influence model, counselling was assumed to be an interpersonal influence process. Therefore these students also rated their perceptions of a GO's counselling attributes on the Counselor Rating Form – Short Version (CRF-S; Corrigan & Schmidt, 1983). Results indicated that ratings on the 12 CRF-S items as a total as well as a number of individual items significantly predicted CSQ scores. Student ratings on both questionnaires were high and possible explanations are considered. Also, several GO and student variables (e.g. sex of student, willingness, year level) were found to significantly predict satisfaction. Additionally, a number of these GO and student variables (e.g. GO and sex of student, willingness, the number of counselling sessions) were also found to differentially affect students' perceptions of GOs' counselling attributes.

Matching Therapists' Predicates: An in Vivo Test of Effectiveness

1983 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Thomas Dowd ◽  
Ann G. Hingst
Keyword(s):  
Neurolinguistic Programming ◽  
Representational System ◽  
In Vivo Test ◽  
Interview Situation ◽  
Rating Form ◽  
Interview Condition ◽  
Student Volunteers ◽  
Counselor Rating ◽  
Evaluation Inventory

The theory of neurolinguistic programming predicts that a therapist's matching of a client's primary representational system, as expressed in the client's predicates, should result in increased therapist's rapport and social influence. This hypothesis was tested in an actual interview situation. Six relatively inexperienced therapists, two each in predicate matching, predicate mismatching, and predicate no-matching conditions, conducted a 30-min. interview with nine undergraduate student volunteers each, for a total of 54 subjects. After the appropriate interview condition was completed, subjects rated their therapists on the Counselor Rating Form and the Counseling Evaluation Inventory. No significant differences among the three conditions on any of the measures were found. Results are compared with those of previous research on assessment and primary representational system matching in analogue situations.

The Moderating Effect of Motivation to Comply and Perceived Critical Mass in Smartphones' Adoption

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdou Illia ◽  
Assion Lawson-Body ◽  
Simon Lee ◽  
Gurkan I Akalin
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
The Other ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

The testing of the technology acceptance model over the years has shown that its explanatory power is about 50%; which led researchers to revisit the model in an attempt to gain a better understanding of technology adoption. Some of the studies found social influence to be a key factor, but others have yielded mixed results. This article questions the assumption made in some previous studies that most people would comply with social influence. Using data collected from 210 smartphone users, we investigated the moderating effect of motivation to comply on the relationship between social influence, on the one hand, and perceived usefulness and perceived ease-of-use on the other hand. Also, based on the theory of critical mass, we investigated the moderating effect of the perceived critical mass on the relationship between perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on the one hand, and actual usage on the other hand. The results showed a significant moderating effect of both motivation to comply and perceived critical mass. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Incorporating Feminism Into Rehabilitation Counselor Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mookyong Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Counselors In Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Diversity Issues ◽  
Gender Power ◽  
And Training

Purpose:The author describes how rehabilitation counselor educators can incorporate the feminist perspective in teaching rehabilitation counselors-in-training by exploring history, core values, and training methods of feminism.Method:Based on a literature review, the author compares philosophy and concepts of rehabilitation counseling and feminism, reviews the models of feminist supervision, and explores its applicability to rehabilitation counseling.Results:Feminism coincides with the philosophy of rehabilitation counseling in that both share similar perspectives that emphasize equity and justice. When incorporating feminism, the philosophical and conceptual tenets of rehabilitation counseling can be effectively trained through the practices of the rehabilitation counselor such as empowerment and advocacy for clients. Specifically, as a method to disseminate the core values of rehabilitation counseling, feminist supervision provides a structured model to train rehabilitation counselors-in-training.Conclusions:The feminist approach can be incorporated as a viable training method for rehabilitation counselor educators in that feminism provides a useful framework in which not only to view gender, power, and diversity issues but also to train philosophy and core values of rehabilitation counseling.

scholarly journals Social Influence of Competing Groups and Leaders in Opinion Dynamics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine A. Glass ◽  
David H. Glass
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Group Size ◽  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Optimal Strategies ◽  
Opinion Dynamics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This paper explores the influence of two competing stubborn agent groups on the opinion dynamics of normal agents. Computer simulations are used to investigate the parameter space systematically in order to determine the impact of group size and extremeness on the dynamics and identify optimal strategies for maximizing numbers of followers and social influence. Results show that (a) there are many cases where a group that is neither too large nor too small and neither too extreme nor too central achieves the best outcome, (b) stubborn groups can have a moderating, rather than polarizing, effect on the society in a range of circumstances, and (c) small changes in parameters can lead to transitions from a state where one stubborn group attracts all the normal agents to a state where the other group does so. We also explore how these findings can be interpreted in terms of opinion leaders, truth, and campaigns.

Rehabilitation Counselor Knowledge, Comfort, Approach, and Attitude Toward Sex and Disability

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanna N. Pebdani
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Counseling Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Master's Students ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Disability Status ◽  
Attitudes Toward Sex ◽  
Sexuality Training

This study examined the effect of rehabilitation counseling students’ age, sex, disability status, geographic location, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, and level of sexuality training on knowledge, comfort, approach, and attitudes toward the sexuality of people with disabilities. Participants were 312 rehabilitation counseling master’s students in Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) accredited programs all over the United States. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) analyses demonstrated that Knowledge scores were affected by intensity of training. Other subscale scores indicated that rehabilitation counseling students had generally negative attitudes toward sex and disability and low levels of comfort with approaches from clients. Results demonstrate the importance of rehabilitation counselor educators incorporating the topic of sex and disability in training programs so that graduating students have the knowledge and comfort necessary to discus sex with their clients with disabilities.

Factor structure of the Counselor Rating Form—Short.

1988 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence J. Tracey ◽  
Cynthia E. Glidden ◽  
Anna M. Kokotovic
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Form ◽  
Counselor Rating

Professional Bereavement: A Qualitative Examination of Rehabilitation Counselors in Grief

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Davis ◽  
Shawn Saladin ◽  
Sandy Hansmann ◽  
Nicole Velgersdyk
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Counselor Preparation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Need For Support

This article describes qualitative research related to rehabilitation counselor bereavement. Nine rehabilitation counselors who had experienced the death of a client volunteered to participate in structured interviews. The results were transcribed, analyzed, and found to contain six major themes. The themes were (a) profound impact, (b) self-questioning, (c) need for support, (d) questions regarding etiquette, (e) counselor preparation for the death of a client, and (f) need for self-care. Participants also offered suggestions for rehabilitation educators and administrators of State-Federal vocational rehabilitation programs.

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