<p> The moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the relationship between parental attachment levels and career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) beliefs in university students was investigated. The hierarchical regression model identified the predictive role of emotional intelligence on career decision self-efficacy in university students (<i>N</i> = 214). Emotional intelligence accounted for 30% of the variance in CDSE. Individuals with higher levels of emotional intelligence indicated higher career self-efficacy beliefs. Parental attachment levels, secure or insecure, were not predictive of career self-efficacy beliefs, and emotional intelligence was not found to be a moderating variable. Avoidant maternal attachment level as well as avoidant and anxious parental attachment levels were negatively correlated to CDSE. Insecure individuals were associated with lower career self-efficacy beliefs. Additionally, attachment theory and trait emotional intelligence theory were conceptually liked to social cognitive career theory (SCCT). Support for attachment and emotional intelligence as a person inputs within SCCT was provided. Practice implications for vocational and career counselors are discussed. Results highlighted the importance of addressing emotional intelligence within a counseling context. Self-efficacy and emotional intelligence enhancing counseling modalities were explored.</p>

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Five hypotheses were examined to determine whether or not any differences existed between client and counselor perceptions regarding the quality of communication during intake interviews at the Ball State University Counseling and Psychological Services Center in Muncie, Indiana. The study involved intern counselors, faculty counselors, and their intake clients. The population encompassed (1) one hundred clients, (2) five faculty counselors, and (3) five intern counselors. Each counselor interviewed ten clients.

Student personnel workers need to understand the factors in educational and vocational career development in order to assist students in the selection of appropriate goals. This study was an attempt to identify the influence of social position, ability and personal preferences upon the plans of high school seniors.Three basic hypotheses were investigated to determine if subjects ordered according to plans, sex, ability and social position differed in their preferences as measured by the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). The sample consisted of 219 male and 174 female senior students from two high schools in an industrial metropolitan area in the Midwest. The subjects were classified by ability on the basis of their scores on the Otis Quick-Scoring Test of Mental Ability. A personal information form was developed and administered to obtain information relative to social position and after-high school plans. Social position classification was determined using the Hollingshead Two Factor Index of Social Position.Analysts of the data revealed that the plans of many students did not reflect full utilization of their potential ability. Proportionally more males than females expressed plans for college while relatively more females than males stated an intention to obtain short-term practical training or to pursue non-degree educational objectives in local colleges or university extension centers. While the size and nature of the sample partially obscured the differences, it was concluded that social position may have been a significant factor in the planning of the males but not for the females.For both males and females, analyses of variance results indicated that the EPPS variables of Achievement, Exhibition and Intraception distinguished those subjects who planned training or education beyond high school from those subjects with other plans. High ability males who were non-college bound tended to score low on the EPPS Abasement and Nurturance scales and high on the Endurance scale while their female counterparts obtained low scores on the Achievement scale and high scores on the Succorance scale.Students of both sexes whose plans were commensurate with their ability seemed ambitious, confident and intraceptive. Males whose plans did not reflect their ability tended to manifest an independent and emotionally defensive attitude toward life typified by a willingness to work dogmatically toward the completion of their objectives. Un-aspiring but able females were characterized by a lack of achievement motives and by a need for support, both emotional and material, probably resulting in a desire for early marriage. The data further suggested that such males and females tended to be concerned about the success of their social relationships.While the study was not designed for the purpose of validating any of the constructs measured by the EPPS, the results rationally gave support to the descriptions afforded several of the constructs. Although the EPPS has been reported to be of limited value in the traditionally-conceived predictive studies concerning achievement, college admission, etc., the instrument showed promise in identifying students whose plans do not reflect their full potential as a result of lack of information, social discomfort and inadequate or distorted self concept. Thus, the EPPS, cautiously used, may be a useful tool for the guidance worker or counselor in his efforts to help students Plan post high school objectives.

<p> This production thesis utilizes artistic-creative and heuristic methodologies along with an organic inquiry in exploring expression of and dialogue with images as a therapeutic method of healing and restoring soul. Specifically, accessing the unconscious by working with images facilitates the reintegration of fragmented parts of self, thereby restoring the soul/psyche loss that occurs during trauma dissociation. Influenced by Jungian, depth, and archetypal theory as well as expressive arts therapy, the author presents her personal work and engages in interactive and intuitive dialogue with energetic images arising from experiences during graduate studies. The production, 53 original drawings and one sculpture, informs depth psychology through the author&rsquo;s access to the <i>mundus imaginalis,</i> in the realm of the world of the soul, through dialoguing with images as a way of healing from traumatic dissociation. This image-based depth psychological method is informative for mental health clinicians working with trauma survivors.</p>

The purposes of this study were to investigate whether or not there was a significant relationship between client satisfaction and client progress with similarities of counselor-client interpersonal values and the amount of client change in interpersonal values during therapy.The research hypotheses were statistically tested under the null hypothesis form. The hypotheses are as follows:Hypothesis 1There is no significant relationship between client satisfaction and the amount of similarity of counselor-client interpersonal values.Hypothesis 2There is no significant relationship between client progress and the amount of similarity of counselor-client interpersonal values.Hypothesis 3There is no significant relationship between client satisfaction and the amount of change of client inter personal values.Hypothesis 4There is no significant relationship between client progress and the amount of change of client interpersonal values.It is noticeable that researchers disagree as to the best way to measure therapeutic outcome. Some research used the counselor as the evaluator. However, there does appear to be more support for the use of client evaluation particularly when combined with outside judges. In addition, it was noted that some clients get better in counseling, and yet, others become worse regardless of theoretical orientations. In the literature the subject of values has been approached but the issue of interpersonal value similarities has not.This study was conducted at the Ball State University Counseling Practicum Clinic in the Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services, Muncie, Indiana. The clientele for this research were made up of individuals in the community. All counselors were graduate students associated with the Counseling Practicum Clinic.Clients were given the Survey of Interpersonal Values (SIV) after the intake interview. Counselors were given the SIV during the first week of classes during the Summer Quarter. After the client had been assigned to a counselor, a raw score of difference was computed from the six scales on the SIV. During the fifth week of the Summer Quarter, the client's progress was rated on a Likert Scale by the assigned supervisor. The Likert Scale consisted of seven equally sized segments with one end continuum labeled "poor" and the other end labeled "improved." Client satisfaction was measured by the client answering the Inventory of Fulfillment of Client Expectancy (IFCE) during the fifth week of the Summer Quarter.The raw data equation of the Pearson product-moment coefficient of correlation (r) was used to treat the data. The necessary value of r for significance at the .05 level of confidence was 0.413 with a total N of 23 counselor-client pairs. Each counselor and client was assigned a score of difference obtained from the difference of their SIV scores. This score of difference was correlated with the client's score on client satisfaction and client progress. A low score of difference reflected a higher degree of similarity between counselor-client interpersonal values. After the client completed his/her final SIV, a score of difference was computed from the six scale scores on the initial SIV and the final SIV. The score of difference was correlated with the client's score on client satisfaction and client progress.Significance was found at the .05 level of confidence between client satisfaction and the lack of discrepancy of counselor-client interpersonal values.Significance was found at the .05 level of confidence between client progress and the lack of discrepancy of counselor-client interpersonal values. Statistical significance was not achieved between client satisfaction or client progress and the amount of change of client interpersonal values.

<p> Loving is an authentic psychological task. Falling in love is a creative act, an initiatory process, and an opportunity for psychological transformation. Adolescence is a phase of life when one lives on the border, no longer a child, not yet an adult. It is during this phase when psychic and cultural imbalances are most acutely felt, making heartbreak and loss particularly difficult. This dissertation asks: how does the loss of first love, leading to a journey of descent, transform an adolescent girl's identity? This study explores the view that when we begin to view loss not as a failure, but as a journey of discovery and meaning, the adolescent girl will be transformed in a positive way. </p><p> Review of the literature establishes the work in the overlap of four key areas of study: psychological perspectives on adolescence, images of ritual of initiation, experiences of grief and loss of love for adolescents, and popular culture studies featuring adolescence. The depth psychological perspective allows commonly held beliefs about romance and love to be held up to question, most explicitly the romantic notion of the Magical Other, the idea that another person is responsible for our happiness. Depression is an important part of the initiatory process if we are to raise consciousness and make space for a new way of being. </p><p> Utilizing interpretive phenomenological analysis as a research methodology, six women shared their stories of heartbreak in an interview format. Although each case is analyzed individually, in each account there are several overlapping themes, most notably around the shadow side of love. Some encountered suffering through the loss of the relationship, whereas others during the relationship. Each participant experienced love's pathos in relationship to power, emotions, culture, sexuality, and the media. The findings of this study suggest that if we can view heartbreak as an initiatory step towards wisdom, this may help teenage girls change their view of their darkest moments as opportunities toward a meaningful life. </p><p> Key words: adolescence, depth psychology, heartbreak, initiation, love, grief.</p>

<p> Depressed smokers are a group of individuals whose health and overall functioning can benefit from interventions aimed to enhance well-being. Researchers have recently found significant relations between positive affect and smoking cessation success, and between low affect and smoking relapse, and unsuccessful abstinence (Cook et al., 2010; Leventhal et al., 2008, 2009; Niemiec, 2010). The examination of the effects of happiness interventions for a population considered to be "underserved" has only just begun (Borrelli, 2010, p. 2; Kahler et al., 2013). In this study, the independent variable was a happiness intervention and the outcome variables were psychological well-being and motivation to quit smoking. Using motivation to quit as a definition of success for smokers, this study included smokers who could benefit from treatment, yet who may not be ready to begin smoking cessation treatment. Smokers with depression who were interested in self-administering a happiness intervention, known at West Virginia University as the chillPACK, were randomly assigned to the treatment group with the <i>chillPACK</i> or to a comparison condition. Both groups were instructed to report their time spent completing activities intended to enhance their happiness. It was hypothesized that increases in psychological well-being and motivation to quit smoking from baseline to post-treatment would be greater in the treatment group compared to the comparison group. Although the hypothesized group differences over time were not supported, results showed improvements over time on measures of psychological well-being and motivation to quit smoking for all participants who completed the study. Results also showed relationships between minutes completing positive activities and satisfaction with life and motivation to quit smoking after the study period. Non-white participants who were relatively less stressed and higher in motivation to quit smoking prior to the study period were more likely to spend time completing positive activities. The findings from this study may improve our understanding of ways to: (a) increase psychological well-being and motivation to quit smoking among depressed smokers, (b) advance the design of specialized smoking cessation treatments for depressed smokers, and (c) decrease the considerable public health burden associated with depression, smoking, and the comorbidity of depression and smoking.</p>

<p> Affinity 2.5 is a computer-based instrument designed to assess sexual interest using viewing-time measures. Viewing-time measures of sexual interest have been developed to identify individuals with deviant sexual interest. The purpose of this study is to examine the validity of Affinity 2.5 in screening and diagnosing individuals with sexually deviant interests. This study used viewing time profiles of known sexual offenders compared to norm-referenced profiles of an exclusively heterosexual, non-pedophilic college population. Participants were 155 males and 3 females who had sexually offended against children and 63 male and 84 female non-offender college students. Results show that 43.7% of offenders were correctly identified as having significantly deviant sexual interest, compared to the reference group. Further 12.0% of offenders showed statistical significant interest in at least one category of individuals from a protected population and offended against that same category. The results of this study do not provide support for the utility of the Affinity 2.5 as a screening or diagnostic tool.</p>

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