This study examined the effects of an eight week Rational Emotive Education Program (REE) on the perception of locus of control and the reduction of the number of disciplinary referrals of self-revealing children of alcoholics (COA's) in a school setting. The sample included 74 randomly selected middle school students. The...
The purposes of this study were to assess mental
health counselors' knowledge of AIDS and to determine the
effect of various independent variables upon knowledge. The
variables used were gender, professional contact with PWAs,
personal contact with PWAs, age, sexual preference, AIDS
training, and personal acquaintance with a person who...
The purpose of the study was to determine whether first-grade
children's participation in a counselor-led intervention strategy, Mother-Child
Communication Training (MCCT), would increase their responsible
behavior, as assessed by mothers and teachers. Sixty first-grade children
in one elementary school in Corvallis, Oregon, along with their mothers,
participated in the training...
This investigation was conducted to determine the effectiveness of Personal Achievement Skills (PAS), a structured group psychotherapy approach, on the productivity, social functioning, self-esteem, locus of control, and life satisfaction of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury. Subjects for the study were recruited through disability advocacy organizations, state disability service...
The problem discussed in this research concerns the content of
the dreams of low-functioning sex offenders and clinical applications
of those dreams in the treatment of these offenders. The subjects
of the research are five low-finctioning sex offenders in the Social
Skills Program (SSP) of the Oregon Forensic Psychiatric Center...
Counselor expectations of supervision and counselor burnout were assessed. The sample consisted of 120 members of the Oregon Personnel and Guidance Association. Subjects were contacted by mail and asked to complete a questionnaire. The questionnaire contained two instruments: the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Counselor Supervision Inventory (CSI). The...