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Attitudes Toward Counselors and Counseling Processes: A Comparison of Chinese and American Graduate Students
Author(s) -
MAU WEICHENG,
JEPSEN DAVID A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1988.tb02090.x
Subject(s) - graduate students , psychology , counselor education , counseling psychology , psychological counseling , group counseling , medical education , clinical psychology , applied psychology , higher education , medicine , pedagogy , political science , law
Graduate students socialized in separate cultural settings, Taiwan and the United States, but studying at the same large university were surveyed about their (a) preferences for counselor's characteristics, (b) images of a counselor, and (c) attitudes toward counseling and counseling services. Results show that Chinese and American students have different preferences for and images of a counselor. Although both groups have positive attitudes toward seeking counseling, they know very little about the counseling resources and locations available. The groups also differ in their expectations of the counseling process. Some sex differences were indicated, but no clear pattern emerged.