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Journal of Counseling and Development articles from March 2009
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Journal of Counseling and Development archives from March 2009
Client adherence to Asian cultural values, common factors in counseling, and session outcome with Asian American clients at a university counseling center.(Quantitative Research)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... During the past 3 decades, there has been a growing body of research literature focused on the counseling process with Asian Americans. One segment of this literature is based on studies that have used audiovisual analogue designs in which...
Comparison of explicit forgiveness interventions with an alternative treatment: a randomized clinical trial.(Quantitative Research)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... A new and sometimes controversial topic, forgiveness, has emerged from the psychological literature in counseling and psychotherapy. Many have claimed that forgiveness is a reasonable and worthwhile goal when attempting to help people deal with...
Factors affecting African American counselors' job satisfaction: a national survey.(Quantitative Research)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... During the early 1970s, research regarding the job satisfaction of mental health professionals was relatively nonexistent. In fact, Sarata (as cited in Buffum & Konick, 1982) found only 20 studies with that focus. However, because researchers...
Workaholism, health, and self-acceptance.(Quantitative Research)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... Workaholism has received considerable attention in the popular literature over the past 2 decades, yet there is a dearth of empirical investigation on the topic. The lack of empirical research may be due to the lack of agreement on whether or...
Perceptions of mate selection for marriage among African American, college-educated, single mothers.(Qualitative Research)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... There have been many studies on single motherhood among African American women; however, few researchers have studied the growing population of college-educated, single mothers within this racial group. American women in general are exhibiting...
Investigation of ethnic self-labeling in the Latina population: implications for counselors and counselor educators.(Qualitative Research)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... Ethnic labeling is the act of identifying others or oneself in terms of race (Stubblefield, 1995). Labels influence how individuals understand themselves, how others understand them, and how groups and subgroups relate to one other. It has been...
Self-awareness revisited: reconsidering a core value of the counseling profession.(Practice & Theory)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... The counseling profession has a rich and diverse history. During the course of this history, various schools of thought have emerged, diverse realms of helping have been established, and the profession has gradually embraced a defining set of...
End-of-life care: an overview for professional counselors.(Practice & Theory)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... The American Counseling Association (ACA) revised its code of ethics in 2005. This extensive process was designed to update the code, given the changes in the world and in the field during the 10 years since the previous code was released....
Understanding and treating children who experience interpersonal maltreatment: empirical findings.(Practice & Theory)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... Since the early 1970s, legal and scholarly interest in child maltreatment (CM; includes children and adolescents) has increased dramatically, largely due to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 (CAPTA). Prior to this time, CM...
Wellness: a review of theory and measurement for counselors.(Assessment & Diagnosis)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... Although the concept of wellness is central to the flourishing current positive psychology movement (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000; Seligman, Steen, Park, & Peterson, 2005), it has a long history in counseling. Myers (1991, 1992) viewed...
Use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 with persons diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.(Assessment & Diagnosis)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) is the most widely used and extensively investigated objective personality inventory. It is designed to assess psychopathology and...
The American Mental Health Counselors Association: reflection on 30 historic years.(Profiles)(Organization overview)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... In 2006, the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) celebrated its 30th anniversary, presenting an excellent opportunity to reflect on the association's historic beginnings, incredibly rapid growth, developmental milestones,...
New mandates and imperatives in the revised ACA Code of Ethics.(Archival Feature: 2008-2009)(American Counseling Association)(Clinical report)
March 22, 2009... The ACA Code of Ethics (American Counseling Association [ACA], 2005; available at www.counseling.org) has a significant impact on the counseling profession. All ACA members are required to abide by the ethics code and over 20 state licensing...