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A Model of Client Impression Formation
Author(s) -
BODDEN JACK L.,
WINER JANE L.
Publication year - 1978
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.1556-6978.1978.tb01096.x
Subject(s) - psychology , impression formation , relevance (law) , impression , outcome (game theory) , population , empirical research , psychotherapist , social psychology , epistemology , perception , computer science , social perception , medicine , philosophy , mathematics , environmental health , mathematical economics , neuroscience , world wide web , political science , law
A three‐phase model of clients' impression formation in counseling and psychotherapy was articulated and put to initial empirical validation. The model describes the clients' impression‐formation process, describes changes in client impressions as therapy progresses, and suggests the relevance of client impressions for therapy outcome. An attempt at empirical validation by using a clinical population lent some support to certain aspects of the proposed model.