Icelanders' and Americans' expectations about counseling : do expectations vary by nationality, sex, and Holland's typology?
The purpose of the present study was threefold. First, to investigate Icelandic and American students' counseling expectations. Second, to study counseling expectations of men and women. And finally, to explore the relationship between counseling expectations and Holland's typology. Eight-...
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ftballstcs:oai:https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:20.500.14291/174715 2024-06-09T07:47:09+00:00 Icelanders' and Americans' expectations about counseling : do expectations vary by nationality, sex, and Holland's typology? Counseling expectations Aegisdottir, Stefania Gerstein, Lawrence H. e-ic--- n-us--- 2000 x, 125 leaves 28 cm. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/20.500.14291/174715 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14291/174715 http://liblink.bsu.edu/catkey/1191102 eng engice eng unknown LD2489.Z68 2000 .A39 http://liblink.bsu.edu/catkey/1191102 http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/20.500.14291/174715 Virtual Press College students -- Iceland -- Counseling College students -- United States -- Counseling College students -- Iceland -- Attitudes College students -- United States -- Attitudes Counseling -- Public opinion Counselor and client -- Public opinion Expectation (Psychology) -- Sex differences Personality and occupation 2000 ftballstcs https://doi.org/20.500.14291/174715 2024-05-15T14:03:00Z The purpose of the present study was threefold. First, to investigate Icelandic and American students' counseling expectations. Second, to study counseling expectations of men and women. And finally, to explore the relationship between counseling expectations and Holland's typology. Eight-hundred-and-one useable responses were gathered from the students. To explore the first two objectives, a 2 (Nationality: Icelandic and American) x 2 (Sex: men and women) between subjects multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was calculated with prior counseling experience as a covariate and scores on the three factor scales of the Expectations About Counseling Questionnaire-Brief Form (EAC-B) as the dependent variables. It was found that the Icelandic students expected greater expertise from the counselor than did the American students. It was also discovered that women, as compared to men, expected to be more personally committed to the counseling process, whereas men expected more counselor expertise.To investigate the third objective, a canonical correlation analysis was performed using responses to the three factor scales of the EAC-B as the predictors and scores on the six Holland's types (RIASEC) as the criterion. It was found that counseling expectations were significantly related to Holland's typology. That is, the more Social persons were the more they expected to be personally committed to counseling and the less counselor expertise they expected. Also, the more Realistic persons were the greater their expectations about counselor expertise and the lower their expectations about being personally committed to counseling. On the whole, it appeared that Icelandic students' counseling expectations resembled expectations of persons with no past counseling experience, counseling expectations of men, counseling expectations of some minority groups, and counseling expectations of individuals who tend to posses Realistic personality characteristics. Namely, expecting direction and guidance from an expert counselor. On ... Other/Unknown Material Iceland Ball State University: Cardinal Scholar |
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College students -- Iceland -- Counseling College students -- United States -- Counseling College students -- Iceland -- Attitudes College students -- United States -- Attitudes Counseling -- Public opinion Counselor and client -- Public opinion Expectation (Psychology) -- Sex differences Personality and occupation Aegisdottir, Stefania Icelanders' and Americans' expectations about counseling : do expectations vary by nationality, sex, and Holland's typology? |
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The purpose of the present study was threefold. First, to investigate Icelandic and American students' counseling expectations. Second, to study counseling expectations of men and women. And finally, to explore the relationship between counseling expectations and Holland's typology. Eight-hundred-and-one useable responses were gathered from the students. To explore the first two objectives, a 2 (Nationality: Icelandic and American) x 2 (Sex: men and women) between subjects multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was calculated with prior counseling experience as a covariate and scores on the three factor scales of the Expectations About Counseling Questionnaire-Brief Form (EAC-B) as the dependent variables. It was found that the Icelandic students expected greater expertise from the counselor than did the American students. It was also discovered that women, as compared to men, expected to be more personally committed to the counseling process, whereas men expected more counselor expertise.To investigate the third objective, a canonical correlation analysis was performed using responses to the three factor scales of the EAC-B as the predictors and scores on the six Holland's types (RIASEC) as the criterion. It was found that counseling expectations were significantly related to Holland's typology. That is, the more Social persons were the more they expected to be personally committed to counseling and the less counselor expertise they expected. Also, the more Realistic persons were the greater their expectations about counselor expertise and the lower their expectations about being personally committed to counseling. On the whole, it appeared that Icelandic students' counseling expectations resembled expectations of persons with no past counseling experience, counseling expectations of men, counseling expectations of some minority groups, and counseling expectations of individuals who tend to posses Realistic personality characteristics. Namely, expecting direction and guidance from an expert counselor. On ... |
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Icelanders' and Americans' expectations about counseling : do expectations vary by nationality, sex, and Holland's typology? |
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Icelanders' and Americans' expectations about counseling : do expectations vary by nationality, sex, and Holland's typology? |
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Icelanders' and Americans' expectations about counseling : do expectations vary by nationality, sex, and Holland's typology? |
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Icelanders' and Americans' expectations about counseling : do expectations vary by nationality, sex, and Holland's typology? |
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Icelanders' and Americans' expectations about counseling : do expectations vary by nationality, sex, and Holland's typology? |
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icelanders' and americans' expectations about counseling : do expectations vary by nationality, sex, and holland's typology? |
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2000 |
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