COUNSELOR TRAINING FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS - AN EXPERIMENT IN LAY COUNSELOR TRAINING

• NCJ Number: 7299
• Author(s): R C DU MARS
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 47 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION

Annotation

ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TRUAX 100 HOUR LAY COUNSELOR TRAINING PROGRAM IN INCREASING THE COUNSELING SKILL OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS.

Abstract

ONLY NINE SUBJECTS WERE USED IN THE EXPERIMENT. DATA ANALYSIS FAILED TO SUPPORT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM IN INCREASING THE COUNSELING SKILL OF THE SUBJECTS. IN FACT, THE ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATED AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TIME IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM AND COUNSELING SKILL RELATIVE TO TWO OF THE FOUR VARIABLES UNDER INVESTIGATION, I.E., GENUINENESS AND DEPTH OF CLIENT SELF-EXPLORATION. TEST MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED IN THE APPENDIX. BIBLIOGRAPHY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)