Quality of the therapeutic relationship and counseling effectiveness are not correlated with each other, though both correlate with therapist experience¶
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q2 i? Gonyea found that counseling effectiveness and quality of the therapeutic relationship were each positively correlated with therapist experience but were not correlated with each other. → Rowe 1975
Evidence¶
Rowe 1975¶
Rowe, Wayne; Murphy, Harry B.; De Csipkes, Robert A. (1975). The Relationship of Counselor Characteristics and Counseling Effectiveness. Review of Educational Research, 45(2). https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543045002231
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The review reports Gonyea (1963), an external-criterion study of eight counselor-interns and 208 clients over three years, using supervisor Q-sorts and precounseling-postcounseling Self-Description Form scores. The review attributes the finding to Gonyea.
"An analysis of the data indicated that, although effectiveness and quality of therapeutic relationship were both positively correlated with therapist experience, they were not correlated with each other."
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Quality of the therapeutic relationship and counseling effectiveness are not correlated with each other, though both correlate with therapist experience |
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Quality of the therapeutic relationship and counseling effectiveness are not correlated with each other, though both correlate with therapist experience |
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1975 |
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