Date of Award
1-1-1986
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Counseling Psychology & Community Services
Abstract
This study was designed to study the effects of status configuration and style of counseling on Korean perspectives of counseling. Status configuration and counseling style, each with two levels, were the two independent variables manipulated in this study. Two written scripts, determined by judges to represent directive and reflective counseling styles, and two counselor-client status configurations (congruent versus incongruent) served as the stimuli. Congruent status existed where the therapist was older than the client, incongruency existed when the client was the elder.Subjects (n = 60) were randomly assigned to four treatment groups. Groups were categorized by status configuration and counseling style, with the first group receiving a congruent status configuration and a directive style of counseling. The second group received a congruent status configuration but the counselor employed a non-directive style of counseling. The third group received an incongruent status configuration where the counselor employed a directive counseling style. The fourth group was also incongruent in its status configuration but the counselor employed a non-directive style of counseling. The dependent variables were ratings of counselor performance obtained with two measures: the Counselor Effectiveness Rating Scale (CERS), and the Counselor Rating Form (CRF). Tests of the hypotheses revealed that only the main effect for counseling style was statistically significant in its effect on the ratings of counseling performance. Status configuration did not significantly affect ratings of the quality of the counselor performance, nor was there any significant interaction between the style of counseling employed in therapy and the status configuration of the counselor and the client. Six characteristic variables were subject to analysis in this study, gender, age, education, religious affiliation, previous counseling experience, and occupation. None of these variables exhibited a statistically significant influence on ratings of counselor performance. These results suggest that Koreans who utilize counseling services preferred directive intervention in therapy.
Recommended Citation
Foley, John Bernard, "The Effects Of Status Configuration And Counseling Style On Korean Perspectives Of Counseling" (1986). Theses and Dissertations. 8201.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/8201