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Affective Sensitivity and Peer Selection of Counseling Potential
Author(s) -
JACKSON EUGENE
Publication year - 1986
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.1556-6978.1986.tb00671.x
Subject(s) - psychology , population , interpersonal communication , analysis of variance , clinical psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , social psychology , demography , medicine , sociology , artificial intelligence , computer science
A group of 83 undergraduates enrolled in interpersonal skills training groups were administered the Kagan Affective Sensitivity Scale—Form E‐80 (KASS‐E80). At the end of the semester they selected peers whom they believed would best be able to help another person deal with an emotional or interpersonal problem. First, the KASS‐E80 scores for those frequently chosen and those unchosen were compared with a group chosen with moderate frequency within the sample (middle comparison group). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) planned comparisons showed significantly lower scores for the unchosen group but not significantly higher scores for the frequently chosen group when both were compared to the middle comparison group. Second, when the two extreme groups were each compared to the population of KASS‐E80 examinees, one‐sample z tests showed that the frequently chosen group significantly outscored the population of KASS‐E80 examinees, whereas the unchosen group's scores were significantly lower. Implications for prediction and selection of counselor trainees were discussed.