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Personality and Attitude Change in Counselor Trainees: An Evaluation
Author(s) -
Mazer Gilbert E.,
Engle Kenneth B.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1971.tb01455.x
Subject(s) - psychology , disadvantaged , counselor education , personality , attitude change , medical education , applied psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , higher education , medicine , political science , law
Subjects were 22 participants (14 males and 8 females) in a 38‐week Guidance Institute designed to prepare secondary counselors to work with disadvantaged youth. Twenty students with similar characteristics enrolled in the regular counselor education program served as a control group. The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) and Semantic Differentials were administered to experimental and control subjects at the beginning and end of the Institute program. Results indicated that both groups made significant changes on the POI, with the amount and direction of change favoring the Institute subjects. The authors concluded that the Institute had a highly significant impact on the personal development of participants and that the Institute was more efficient than the regular program in eliciting such change.