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Initial Reactions to Client Attributional Presentations: Content Versus Belief Similarity Models
Author(s) -
Murdock Nancy L.
Publication year - 2001
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.1556-6978.2001.tb01250.x
Subject(s) - attribution , psychology , content (measure theory) , similarity (geometry) , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis , mathematics , image (mathematics)
Two models of attribution were compared in assessing counselors' reactions to clients' initial attributional presentations. Predictions derived from the content model of attribution suggested that certain attributional content in client presentations (e.g., internal and unstable explanations) would create more favorable counselor impressions. The belief similarity model predicted that counselor–client agreement on explanations for the client's problem was more critical. Results partially supported both models: Counselors reacted most positively when they disagreed with the client's internal attribution and the most negatively when they disagreed with the client's external attribution.