Changes in the concepts of self and others of NDEA guidance institute members.

Abstract

This is an investigation to determine whether a "therapeutic atmosphere" established by the UND Guidance Institute staff would facilitate changes in the perceptions of students similar to those of clients who have experienced counseling. Students in the NSF Science Institute were employed as a comparison group.The Butler-Haigh Q sort was administered three times during the academic year to students in both Institutes. After intragroup and intergroup comparisons the following conclusions were drawn: a) Guidance Institute members initially had more positive feelings towards others than Science Institute members, b) The Guidance Institute members made more "therapeutic" gain in self-acceptance than did the Science Institute members, c) both groups made more gain in similarity to others during the first part of the year, and more gain in acceptance of others during the last part of the year.

Anxiety and Empathy in a Counseling and Guidance Institute

“…Counselor trainees' anxiety decreased as the institute program progressed. Winkler, Munger, Gust, and Teigland (1963) hypothesized that the therapeutic atmosphere of a guidance institute would facilitate change in students. They reported a significant increase in congruence between self and ideal self, self and others, and ideal self and others.…”

“…Studies of programs of counselor education have indicated that changes in counselor attitude and behavior do occur (Jones, 1963;Munger & Johnson, 1960). Guidance institute members were found to gain in self-acceptance more than science institute members (Winkler, 1963). This growth was attributed to the "therapeutic" atmosphere of the guidance institute program.…”

Counseling research in 1963.

“…Only one investigation of change attributable to training involved comparison with change in a control group (Winkler, Munger, Gust, & Teigland, 1963). In that study the subjects were participants in a year long training institute in counseling and guidance, the control group had participated in a similar institute in science education.…”