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Training Counselors to Work with Disabled Clients: Cognitive and Affective Components
Author(s) -
STROHMER DOUGLAS C.,
BIGGS DONALD A.,
HAASE RICHARD F.,
PURCELL MICHAEL J.
Publication year - 1983
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.1556-6978.1983.tb00597.x
Subject(s) - psychology , empathy , cognition , anxiety , counselor education , clinical psychology , graduate students , cognitive disabilities , applied psychology , social psychology , higher education , psychiatry , pedagogy , political science , law
This study examines the relationship of cognitive complexity, counselor anxiety, and client disability condition to accurate empathy on the part of students in training. A sample ( n = 28) of students in a graduate counseling program observed a series of eight vignettes of counseling interviews (four clients with disabilities and four without disabilities) and reported a verbal counseling response to a client statement. A significant main effect was found for the cognitive complexity variable only ( p < .05). A significant interaction among cognitive complexity, anxiety, and client disability condition ( p < .01) indicated that all three factors interact to influence empathy. Implications for research and the training of counselors are discussed.