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Effects of Test Interpretation Style and Favorability in the Counseling Process
Author(s) -
Hanson William E.,
Claiborn Charles D.
Publication year - 2006
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.1556-6678.2006.tb00414.x
Subject(s) - helpfulness , psychology , session (web analytics) , interpretation (philosophy) , test (biology) , social psychology , applied psychology , style (visual arts) , perception , clinical psychology , personality , computer science , archaeology , neuroscience , world wide web , biology , programming language , paleontology , history
Two styles of test interpretation (TI), delivered and interactive, were manipulated in a 1‐session counseling interview. The favorability of the interpretations (i.e., positive only and mixed) was also manipulated. After completing a well‐known personality test, 46 participants completed the TI session. Participants' thoughts and perceptions of their sessions and counselors did not differ across the 4 experimental conditions. However, their TI acceptance and helpfulness ratings did differ. Implications for TI research and practice are discussed.