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Relationship Orientation, Is It Unique to Counselors?
Author(s) -
GUTTMAN MARY A. JULIUS
Publication year - 1974
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.1556-6978.1974.tb01969.x
Subject(s) - psychology , orientation (vector space) , selection (genetic algorithm) , counselor education , medical education , professional development , applied psychology , higher education , pedagogy , social psychology , medicine , geometry , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , political science , law
One hundred and twenty educators, characterized by three different professional affiliations (counselors, teachers, and administrators) and two levels of experience (experienced and inexperienced), were examined on their degree of relationship orientation, using the Wisconsin Counselor Education Selection Interview (WCESI) as the criterion instrument. Results indicated that (a) counselors were more relationship‐oriented than teachers or administrators, (b) teachers were more relationship‐oriented than administrators, and (c) inexperienced educators were more relationship‐oriented than experienced educators. Implications for counselor education training and selection procedures are discussed.