The purpose of this article is to present a student review and retention policy for counselor education programs as an alternative to Frame and Stevens‐Smith's (1995) dismissal process.
This article presents attitudes of clinical members of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (N = 332) toward spousal disclosure of extramarital relationships. A survey was developed in which an affair was defined as a sexual and emotional secretive relationship occurring concurrent to a committed, cohabiting relationship. Therapist demographic variables that were found to have a significant relationship with attitudes toward affair disclosure were age and level of graduate degree. A large number of narrative comments from participant reactions to survey questions are included, along with further findings and suggestions for educators of marriage and family therapists.
A qualitative study was designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the experiences and emotions of grandmothers raising their grandchildren. Participants included 7 grandmothers ranging in age from 48 to 80. In-depth, semistructured interviews were used. A computer program, NUD*IST, was used for data coding, and careful and thorough readings were made of transcripts and field notes. The grandmothers' stories revealed common themes of anger, frustration, loss, hurt, and depression. There was also love, satisfaction, pride, joy, feeling needed and youthful, and other positive emotions. A key finding was that grandmothers who did not report depression had positive and helpful relationships with the parents of the grandchildren, whereas the grandmothers with persistent depression had conflictive involvement with the parents. The findings may be useful to counselors and family therapists in treating families headed by grandmothers.
This study examines the magnitude and prevalence of fear of crime as a function of seriousness and probability of occurrence among Greek university students aged 17 to 29. The findings show that fear of rape is the greatest fear of almost all young Greek women, greater than the fear of other serious offenses such as murder. This finding is interpreted in light of rape's reported likelihood in conjunction with its reported seriousness. Further, the precautionary measures show an avoidance pattern in Greek women toward crimes requiring them to physically defend themselves. The study's findings are similar to those reported in other countries and in line with the feminist claim regarding the universality of the fear of rape in the daily life of young women. Discussion includes explanations of high fear in terms of physical and social vulnerability and as a possible reflection of hidden violence against Greek women.
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