The purpose of this study was to determine if male and female
Counselor-Trainees enrolled in master's degree programs in the
State of Oregon would emit significantly different responses to a
new and professionally developed video-based client simulation.
The sample consisted of ninety-two Counselor-Trainees
enrolled during the 1975-76 academic year in the following
Counseling and Guidance programs:
(a) Oregon State University, Corvallis
(b) University of Oregon, Eugene
(c) Oregon College of Education, Monmouth
(d) Portland State University, Portland
(e) Lewis and Clark College, Portland
The Counselor-Trainees were shown the "Our Gang Series"
research simulation, a video recorded program consisting of ten
client stimulus sequences. Written responses to the sequences were
collected, typewritten, and coded so that judges would be sex-blind
when evaluating a particular response. The Global Scale, a four
point Likert-type scale, was utilized as a rating instrument. Two
doctoral students in Counseling, familiar with the applications and
parameters involved with the use of the rating instrument, assisted
in evaluating responses. An index of agreement (interrater reliability
=. . 85) was determined at the preestablished .05 level of
significance.
The following null hypotheses were examined:
1. There are no significant differences in mean Global ratings
assigned by judges to male and female Counselor-Trainee responses
to the "Our Gang Series" research simulation.
2. There are no significant differences in mean Global ratings
assigned by judges to same-sex and opposite-sex stimulus sequences
from the "Our Gang Series" research simulation.
A one-way analysis of variance "F" statistic was selected to
test for the significance of hypothesis one. A two-way analysis of
variance was utilized to test for the significance of hypothesis two.
The .05 confidence interval was chosen for all statistical analyses.
Hypothesis one was rejected. The female Counselor-Trainee
responses were assigned higher ratings than were their male
counterparts. Hypothesis two was also rejected. There was an
interaction effect. Same-sex pairings produced higher ratings
than did opposite-sex pairings.
Replications of this study utilizing samples from different
demographic areas and comprised of different ethnic populations
were recommended as a means of providing additional data which
might prove helpful in further understanding the dynamics of
counselor-client relationships. Replications of this study utilizing
female and male investigators were suggested as a means of
providing data concerning the possible presence of a researcher sex
effect. / Graduation date: 1977
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/38215 |
| Date | 04 November 1976 |
| Creators | Trotzky, Arthur Seth |
| Contributors | Firth, James L. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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