Journal of Counseling and Development articles from June 2006

Journal of Counseling and Development archives from June 2006

Beyond the DSM-IV: assumptions, alternatives, and alterations.(Practice & Theory)(counseling research)(includes tables)
June 22, 2006... Traditionally, psychodiagnosis has focused on symptomatology and dysfunction--that which is not working in a person's life. Within the framework of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV; American Psychiatric...

Challenging the stereotypes about only children: a review of the literature and implications for practice.(counseling research)
June 22, 2006... A child's ordinal place in the family has long been thought to have enduring implications for personality development and psychological well-being. The concept of birth order as a mechanism to understand children's behavior was formally...

Multicultural counseling and the Orthodox Jew.(psychological research)
June 22, 2006... Research suggests that minority groups tend to underutilize mental health services provided by the majority culture, and even those who do enter psychotherapy often terminate prematurely (Margolese, 1998). Orthodox Jews are no exception. When...

Understanding adolescent substance abuse: prevalence, risk factors, and clinical implications.(counseling research)
June 22, 2006... Adolescence is an important developmental period for young people. They are faced with a number of challenges, including gaining a greater sense of independence, strengthening relationships with peer groups, and planning future career goals,...

Counseling theories within a postmodernist epistemology: new roles for theories in counseling practice.(psychiatric research)
June 22, 2006... Theoretical understanding is an essential part of effective counseling practice. Theories help counselors organize clinical data, make complex processes coherent, and provide conceptual guidance for interventions. The overwhelming barrage of...

Integrating biological measures into the study of bullying.(counseling research)
June 22, 2006... The past decade has seen dramatic changes in the amount and type of attention given to youthful activities such as bullying and harassment, which were once referred to primarily as child's play. The concern is international in scope (Smith et...

The influence of counselor epistemology on the helping interview: a qualitative study.(Research)(includes tables)
June 22, 2006... As counselor educators, we noticed a curious and daunting phenomenon in our teaching of beginning counseling skills courses: Despite experiential learning, demonstration, structuring of microskills, cajoling, inspiring, and pleading with...

Resiliency determinants and resiliency processes among female adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.(counseling research)
June 22, 2006... Childhood sexual abuse appears to be a widespread problem in North American society. Researchers estimate that the number of women with a history of childhood sexual trauma in the United States and Canada is between 15% and 45% (Briere & Runtz,...

The impact of the family environment on the ethnic identity development of multiethnic college students.(counseling research)
June 22, 2006... College is a critical period developmentally because students are actively exploring their identities and attempting to define themselves (Chickering & Reisser, 1993). Within the entire identity structure, ethnic identity is considered to be a...

Depressive symptoms, coping strategies, and disordered eating among college women.(counseling research)(includes statistical table)
June 22, 2006... Several theorists and researchers have debated the merits of a continuous model (Lowe et al., 1996; Mintz & Betz, 1988) versus a discontinuous model (Bruch, 1973; Garner, Olmsted, & Polivy, 1983) of eating disorder symptoms. The continuous...

Effects of test interpretation style and favorability in the counseling process.(counseling research)(includes statistical tables)
June 22, 2006... Psychological tests are used frequently in counseling. When used properly, tests--or more precisely, test results--may enhance the counseling process and facilitate client change. Research has shown that many clients benefit from receiving...

Gender self-definition and gender self-acceptance in women intersections with feminist, womanist, and ethnic identities.(counseling research)(includes statistical tables)
June 22, 2006... Over the past few decades, women's identity development has come to be recognized as a process that may differ from identity stage models developed from earlier studies in which only men participated. Researchers such as Conarton and...

Communication counseling as part of a treatment plan for depression.(Best Practice)
June 22, 2006... Counseling has a long and well-tested history as a treatment for depression. Although recent mass media presentations and pharmaceutical advertisements emphasize a physical etiology and medical approach to treatment, seminal research in the...

Suicide Across the Life Span: Implications for Counselors.(book)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... * Suicide Across the Life Span: Implications for Counselors by David Capuzzi (Ed.), 2004, Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association, 360 pages, $56.95 Nonmember and $35.95 Member, ISBN 1-55620-232-6, ACA Order #72807. In Suicide A...

Correction.(psychiatric research)(Correction notice)(Brief article)
June 22, 2006... * JCD, Volume 83, Number 1, Winter 2005, pp. 21-28 The following correction is made to the article "Twin Loss: Implications for Counselors Working With Surviving Twins," by Rebecca Withrow and Valerie L. Schwiebert, that was published in...