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A Study of the Effects of Group Sensitivity Training with Student Counselor‐Consultants
Author(s) -
MYRICK ROBERT D.,
PARÉ DONALD D.
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.tb01490.x
Subject(s) - psychology , sensitivity training , empathy , counselor education , applied psychology , group counseling , medical education , clinical psychology , graduate students , social psychology , higher education , pedagogy , medicine , law , political science
The use of group sensitivity training within a counselor education program was studied. It was hypothesized that participation would have a positive effect on participant self‐concept, would increase the effectiveness of the participants in emitting the core dimensions of empathy, warmth, and genuineness during counseling, and would make the participants more effective in offering the core dimensions in counseling than would be members of a control group who did not receive such training. Members of a National Defense Education Act Institute for Counselor‐Consultants were randomly assigned to the treatment and control groups. Measurements consisted of a self‐report on self‐concept and independent ratings of audiotapes based upon the core dimensions. Analysis of the data did not reveal significant findings, thus the hypotheses were not supported.