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Predicting beginning master's level counselor effectiveness from personal characteristics and admissions data: An exploratory study.

In this exploratory study of 95 counseling program master's students at a large southwestern public university, students' scores on an admissions Group Interview Sociometric Rating did not correlate with their GRE Analytic Writing (GRE-AW) scores nor their basic skills course instructors' end-of-course assessment of students' counseling-related personality traits (Personality) or mastery of basic counseling skills (Mastery). However, Mastery was predicted by both Personality, with a large effect size, and GRE-AW, with a medium effect size. This study provides promising preliminary evidence that counselor educators may use Counselor Personality Assessment Ratings and GRE-AW scores to screen master's applicants by predicting students' abilities to master basic counseling skills early in their counselor preparation. Limitations of the study and recommendations for future research are discussed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc11038
Date08 1900
CreatorsHalinski, Katherine Hupfeld
ContributorsHolden, Janice Miner, Minton, Casey Barrio, Bratton, Sue C.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Halinski, Katherine Hupfeld, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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