Date of Award

1-1-2011

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology

Program

Counseling Psychology

Content Description

1 online resource (viii, 103 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

LaRae M Jome

Committee Members

Myrna L Friedlander, Matthew J Miller

Keywords

career counseling, intervention, self-disclosure, working alliance, Vocational guidance, Self-disclosure, Student counselors, Career development

Subject Categories

Counseling Psychology | Higher Education | Psychology

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which counselor self-disclosure influenced the process and outcome of career counseling. The investigation was a one-session field intervention that used an experimental between-groups design, in which clients were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) coping-mastery self-disclosure: the career counselor disclosed having personally experienced a similar career-related challenge and described how he or she overcame that challenge, (2) similarity self-disclosure: the career counselor disclosed having personally experienced a similar career-related challenge, without describing how he or she overcame the challenge, and (3) no self-disclosure. The dependent variables were clients' perceptions of the working alliance, the counselors' social influence characteristics (expertness, attractiveness and trustworthiness), and session effectiveness.

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