Premium
Prevalence of Counselor Self‐Reference in the Therapeutic Dyad
Author(s) -
ROBITSCHEK CHRISTINE G.,
McCARTHY PATRICIA R.
Publication year - 1991
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.1556-6676.1991.tb01490.x
Subject(s) - dyad , psychology , clinical psychology , referent , self disclosure , developmental psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy
Ninety‐one male and female counselors completed a survey assessing the frequency of their use of self‐referent statements (positive and negative self‐disclosure and positive and negative self‐involving responses) in individual counseling. As the researchers hypothesized, counselors reported using a significantly greater frequency of positive versus negative self‐reference. Contrary to hypotheses, there were no significant differences due to either counselor gender or level of counseling experience alone. There was, however, an interaction for males such that as experience increased, self‐reference decreased. Implications for training and research are discussed.