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Generalization of Microcounseling Skills from Training Period to Actual Counseling Setting
Author(s) -
GUTTMAN M. A. JULIUS,
HAASE RICHARD F.
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.tb01936.x
Subject(s) - feeling , psychology , practicum , generalization , session (web analytics) , automatic summarization , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , applied psychology , medical education , social psychology , psychotherapist , pedagogy , medicine , mathematical analysis , mathematics , artificial intelligence , world wide web , computer science
This study attempted to measure the generalization of the counseling skills learned via the microcounseling paradigm to the actual counseling setting. Twenty practicum counselors were assigned to two groups: (a) experimental group , training focused on the microcounseling skills of attending behavior, reflection of feeling, and summarization of feeling and (b) control group , no training. Measurements of the microcounseling skills were obtained at four intervals: (1) pretraining, (2) posttraining, (3) counseling session I, and (4) counseling session II. Results indicated that experimental subjects evidenced greater learning and retention of skills in reflection of feeling and summarization of feeling. There were no significant differences between subjects on attending behavior skills. Results are discussed with implications for training counselors via the microcounseling paradigm.