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Improving the Use of a Group Counseling Scale and Related Model to Teach Theory and Skills Integration
Author(s) -
ZIMMICK RENEE,
SMABY MARLOWE H.,
MADDUX CLEBORNE D.
Publication year - 2000
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.1556-6978.2000.tb01238.x
Subject(s) - psychology , group counseling , inter rater reliability , scale (ratio) , retraining , emotive , clinical psychology , class (philosophy) , psychotherapist , applied psychology , medical education , rating scale , developmental psychology , medicine , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , international trade , computer science , business
This study tested the Skilled Group Counseling Training Model (SGCTM) and a related instrument, the Skilled Group Counseling Scale. Retraining of raters and later rescoring of data from a previous study resulted in an improvement of interrater reliability; a factor‐analytic study of the scale revealed a single, global factor; and students in a group counseling class who were trained in the model used at least 80% of the SGCTM skills during three videotaped, simulated group counseling sessions. During these sessions, the students adhered to one of three counseling theories (Person‐Centered, Gestalt, and Rational‐Emotive Behavioral Therapy).