| Abstract: | The use of advice-giving, Adlerian interpretation, and analytically-derived interpretation with regard to whether feelings of approach, attack, or withdrawal were elicited was investigated by having subjects respond to eight videotaped role-played counseling segments. The counseling techniques were also ranked by subjects as to their degree of perceived helpfulness. Subjects were 242 fourth-graders and 191 tenth-graders, who were grouped on the personality variable of locus of control. Results indicated that all subjects tended to respond to Adlerian interpretation and analytically-derived interpretation with attack and withdrawal feelings and to advice-giving with approach feelings. There were, however, some differences noted between locus of control and grade-level groups for the feeling responses. Advicegiving also was ranked as the most helpful of the three counseling techniques. Implications for future research were made on the basis of the present findings. |
