Journal of Counseling and Development articles from January 2002

Journal of Counseling and Development archives from January 2002

Strategies for counselors working with high school students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (Practice & Theory).
January 1, 2002... Wendy is a 37-year-old mother of three who is attempting to complete her associate's degree at the local community college. She is seeking guidance from Vocational Rehabilitation Services because she is having difficulty arriving to class on...

Using case documentation to strengthen counselor trainees' case conceptualization skills.
January 1, 2002... Much attention continues to be paid to the factors that influence the development of case conceptualization skills in counselor trainees (e.g., Kemp & Mallenkrodt, 1996; Nelson & Neufeldt, 1998; Seem & Johnson, 1998). However, a search of...

Processes and stages of change: counseling with the transtheoretical model of change.
January 1, 2002... Several trends in the application of counseling and psychotherapy have persisted. One trend that has existed for a number of years, in different forms, is the "eclectic" approach to counseling practice. Eclecticism has been associated with...

Child discipline and physical abuse in immigrant Latino families: reducing violence and misunderstandings.
January 1, 2002... Latino parents who engage in harsh physical discipline need help, but they are far from homogeneous and their needs vary. Some are loving and devoted parents who practice traditional forms of child rearing that may include an authoritarian...

Reason, intuition, and social justice: elaborating on Parsons's career decision-making model.
January 1, 2002... Henry Borow (1964) once said, "it is the mark of a mature profession to know its heritage" (p. 45). The heritage of the counseling profession may be traced directly back to the early 1900s and the work of Frank Parsons, a "Renaissance man"...

The role of work and cultural values in occupational choice, satisfaction, and success: a theoretical statement.
January 1, 2002... Career development theorists have all but ignored the career development of ethnic and cultural minorities (Brooks, 1990; Cheatham, 1990; Isaacson & Brown, 2000; Osipow & Littlejohn, 1995). One result of this neglect is that current career...

Induced abortion: an ethical conundrum for counselors.
January 1, 2002... There were over 1 million abortions in the United States (U.S.) in 1994, according to the Centers for Disease Control (1999). The U.S. leads most European countries as well as Australia and Canada in abortion rates. More than 88% of abortions...

"Statistical," "practical," and clinical": how many kinds of significance do counselors need to consider? (Research).
January 1, 2002... Statistical significance tests have a long history dating back at least to the 1700s. In 1710 a Scottish physician, John Arbuthnot, published his statistical analysis of 82 years of London birth rates as regards gender (Hacking, 1965). Similar...

Apples and oranges make a nice start for a fruit salad: a response to Culbreth and Borders (1999).
January 1, 2002... The American Counseling Association (ACA) has been challenged to address the issue of specialties in counseling. Rather than relating them to specific attributes of a client population or to a specific work setting, ACA has chosen to relate...

Her body speaks: the experience of dance therapy for women survivors of child sexual abuse.
January 1, 2002... Counseling and therapy have traditionally been known as "talking cures," used to relieve the symptoms of emotional distress and the problems in living encountered by clients as they progress through life. Consistent with the mind-body duality...

Counseling for suicide: client perspectives.
January 1, 2002... Despite comprehensive prevention and awareness programs, suicide continues to be the 11th leading cause of death among Americans (McIntosh, 1991, 1999) and 5th leading cause of death among Canadians (Health and Welfare Canada, 1994). Of even...

Building ego and racial identity: preliminary perspectives on counselors-in-training.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Preparing counselors to be multiculturally competent is complex. It requires counselors independent of their racial and cultural backgrounds to possess the requisite attitudes, skills, and knowledge to work effectively with diverse persons with...

Exploring young women's perceptions of the effectiveness and safety of maladaptive weight control techniques.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... It has been hypothesized that high school and college women are particularly susceptible to the development and maintenance of disturbed eating behaviors (Lester & Petrie, 1998; Rosen & Gross, 1987). Indeed, prevalence research supports that...

Revisiting the California Southeast Asian mental health needs assessment data: an examination of refugee ethnic and gender differences.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... There are more than 20 million refugees worldwide. In the United States, almost 10% of the country's population is composed of refugees (Balian, 1997), including more than 1.5 million Southeast Asian refugees who left their home countries and...

Evaluating the factor structure and internal consistency reliability of the therapeutic reactance scale. (Assessment & Diagnosis).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Over the last decade, the construct of psychological reactance has been receiving increased attention in the area of counseling process and outcome (Bischoff, 1997; Dodds & Dowd, 1997; March, 1993; Seibel & Dowd, 1995). Prior to the development...