Journal of College Counseling articles from September 2003

Journal of College Counseling archives from September 2003

Stage-matched motivational interventions for college student binge drinkers.(Professional Issues)
September 22, 2003... College student binge drinkers incur significant adverse consequences for themselves and others, yet they often do not see their drinking as problematic. Counseling interventions should therefore be sensitive to relevant consequences,...

Developing ethical institutional policies and procedures for working with suicidal students on a college campus.(Professional Issues)
September 22, 2003... College and university personnel are often confronted with several ethical and legal issues as they respond to students who present with suicidal ideation or suicide attempts on campus. This article presents an overview of the issues and the...

Responding to sexual assault victims: considerations for college counselors.(Professional Issues)
September 22, 2003... College counselors need to be informed of effective interventions when counseling students who have been sexually assaulted. This article applies research and theory from the general literature on counseling sexual assault victims to college...

Skills-based occupational representations: implications for career counseling.(Research)
September 22, 2003... The authors used measures of workplace skills to construct graphical representations of occupations. Interpretable groupings of occupations based on similar skills emerged, as did an occupational map with salient skill dimensions. Implications...

The impact of prior counseling on predictors of college counseling center use.(Research)
September 22, 2003... Path analyses revealed that one's tendency to conceal distressing information, social support, psychological distress, and attitudes toward seeking help predicted intended use of counseling services for college students who had and had not...

The role of social support in moderating the relationship between psychological distress and willingness to seek psychological help among Black and Latino college students.(Research)
September 22, 2003... This study examined the role of social support in moderating the relationship between psychological distress and willingness to seek psychological help in 158 Black and Latino college students from a large, predominantly White university. The...

Sexual assault prevention programs for college men: an exploratory evaluation of the men against violence model.(Research)
September 22, 2003... This article describes an exploratory evaluation of a rape prevention program targeted toward fraternity members. The program is based on the Men Against Violence (L. Hong, 2000a) model, which emphasizes the association between male role...

Length of residence, cultural adjustment difficulties, and psychological distress symptoms in Asian and Latin American international college students.(Research)
September 22, 2003... The authors examined cultural adjustment and psychological distress issues in 190 Asian and Latin American international college students. Findings revealed that Latin American students reported higher levels of psychological distress than did...

Contextual counseling with clients of color: a "sista" intervention for African American female college students.(Innovative Practice)
September 22, 2003... The authors argue that college counselors need to consider culturally appropriate adaptations of traditional counseling. They describe a counseling intervention for African American female college students and present a case study to illustrate...