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Relationships Among Personality, Empathic Ability And Counselor Effectiveness, Brian R. Brewer

Theses and Dissertations

Problem

The purpose of this study was to measure personality characteristics and empathic ability of masters level counseling students and then to determine the relationship of these dimensions to independent ratings of their counseling effectiveness. Relationships between personality characteristics and empathic ability were also examined as were differences in personality and empathy between more effective and less effective counselor groups.

Method

The subjects were 34 masters level counseling students enrolled in their first counseling practicum. They completed Form A and Form B of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), the measure of personality, and the Affective Sensitivity Scale, the measure …

A Study To Determine What Educational Preparation Would Make An Industrial Arts Major Employable Of More Employable As A Manual Arts Therapist Or An Industrial Therapist In A Veterans Administration Hospital, Gary M. Larson

Theses and Dissertations

Manual arts and industrial therapy programs have been historically an important segment of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service in Veterans Administration hospitals. It has been regarded as a significant form of patient· treatment. The increasing emphasis during the past fifteen years on vocational factors in the rehabilitation treatment process has necessitated and included the training of personnel as therapists. Therapist who have been chosen from the profession of Industrial Arts have worked so successfully in federal, state, local, and rehabilitation centers that the demand has become far greater than the supply.

Direct Estimation Evaluation Of Severity Of Disability By Involved And Uninvolved Judges, Bonnita Flach Michaelson

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No abstract provided.

Personality Types And Their Hypothesized Attributes: An Application Of Holland's Vocational Choice Theory, Ronald W. Kristjanson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of Holland's vocational choice theory for counseling with university students. More specifically, it attempted to determine whether or not Holland's theory provides a suitable framework for integrating the results of two commonly used counseling instruments: the SVIB and the EPPS .

A sample was drawn from those students tested by the University Counseling Center on both the SVIB and EPPS. This sample was, within reasonable limits, representative of the male student population dealt with by the Counseling Center. The sample contained 255 Ss.

For analysis of the data the student …

Selected Factors Related To Reported Physical And Mental Disabilities Of North Dakota Residents., Myron Morgan Thomason

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory As A Predictor In Vocational Rehabilitation., David Grimsrud Sandness

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.