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The interactive effects of counselor gender, physical attractiveness and status on client self‐disclosure
Author(s) -
Kunin Carla C.,
Rodin Miriam J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198201)38:1<84::aid-jclp2270380111>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - psychology , attractiveness , empathy , physical attractiveness , self disclosure , perception , clinical psychology , social psychology , neuroscience , psychoanalysis
Investigated client self‐disclosure and client perception of counselors (as expressed in counselor evaluations) as a function of the sex, attractiveness and status of the counselor, and the sex of the client. Counselor gender and attractiveness were established by means of stimulus photographs; counselor status was defined in terms of education and experience. S s (160 college students) first rated their counselors on intelligence and empathy; they then completed Jourard's Self‐Disclosure Questionnaire while role‐playing clients in therapy. A four‐factor between‐ S s analysis of disclosure scores revealed that clients disclosed more of themselves to male than to female counselors when the counselors were high in either status or attractiveness. Results supported the hypothesis that the effect of counselor gender on client disclosure depends on an interaction of counselor gender with other counselor variables.