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Comparison of Training Devices for Teaching Emotional Discrimination
Author(s) -
DiMATTIA DOMINIC J.,
ZIMMER JULES M.
Publication year - 1972
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.1556-6978.1972.tb01533.x
Subject(s) - psychology , presentation (obstetrics) , applied psychology , clinical psychology , medical education , medicine , radiology
This study compared two training methods for preparing counselors to discriminate verbal, facial, and voice cues that are associated with the emotion of depression. One hundred and fourteen upperclass students were randomly assigned to one of three treatments: (a) programmed text, (b) video presentation, or (c) control (no training). All subjects then responded to a videotape criterion measure compiled from actual counseling sessions. Three completely randomized, single classification analysis of variance designs were employed to analyze the data. Results showed programmed text treatment to be more effective in teaching discrimination of depressive cues than the video presentation. Implications for counselor education and suggestions for further research are given.