Counselor and client sex pairing: The effects of counseling problem and counselor sex role orientation.

Feldstein, JoAnn Cohen

doi:10.1037/0022-0167.29.4.418

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“…In a study measuring sex-role expectancies, Johnson (1978) found that undergraduates expected male counselors to have more masculine c-haracteristics but expected female counselors to have a more equal, balanced combination of masculine and feminine characteristics-a more androgynous profile. Feldstein (1982) reported that undergraduates of both sexes preferred feminine over masculine counselors. Highlen and Russell (1980) found that female students voiced an equivaient preference for and a willingness to disclose to feminine and androgynous counselors, and gave significantly higher ratings to these counselors than to masculine counselors.…”

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Sex‐Role Orientation Research: Review and Implications for Counselor Education

Borders¹,

Fong

1984

Couns Edu & Supervision

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A review of sex-role orientation research reveals two areas of particular importance for counselor educators: interpersonal behaviors and cognitive processing. Persons with androgynous, masculine, and feminine sex-role orientations have been found to differ in their interpersonal competence and their cognitive processing of perceptions of self and others. In both areas, research points to persons with androgynous sex-role orientations as being more flexible, self-assured, adaptive, accepting, and competent in interpersonal interactions than persons with more masculine or feminine orientations. Because counseling is a complex interpersonal process, these conclusions suggest a preference for an androgynous counselor. Implications for the impact of sex-role orientation on the dynamics of the counseling relationship and the counseling process are explored. Studies supporting the eficacy of "training" for androgyny, and those offering some evidence for the androgynous counselor as the more competent facilitator of positive change in clients are reviewed. Research questions are proposed to specifically assess the relationship of sexrole orientation and the acquisition and performance of counseling skills.

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Sex‐Role Orientation Research: Review and Implications for Counselor Education

Borders¹,

Fong

1984

Couns Edu & Supervision

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“…She also found an interaction between client gender and counselor sex role in predicting client satisfaction with a counseling analogue. In a subsequent study, Feldstein (1982) obtained significant mullivariatc effects for counselor sex role on affective self-references and on counselor ratings, with feminine counselors obtaining higher ratings on both the Counselor Rating Form (Barak & LaCrosse, 1975) and the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (Barrett-Lennard, 1964). Johnson (1978) also noted an interaction between client gender and counselor sex role as measured by client preference for counselor sex role.…”

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Effect of client gender and counselor gender and sex roles on willingness to see the counselor.

Blier

Atkinson²,

Geer³

1987

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Male (n -47) and female (n = 60) clients of a university counseling center were randomly assigned to read one of six counselor descriptions generated by crossing counselor gender with three types of counselor sex roles (feminine, androgynous, and masculine). After reading the counselor descriptions, subjects rated their willingness to see the counselor for a variety of concerns. A multivariate analysis of variance on four groups of concerns revealed a significant effect of counselor sex role. The feminine sex role was rated higher than the masculine sex role for personal concerns. The converse was found to be true for assertiveness concerns. Both the masculine and androgynous sex roles were rated higher than the feminine sex role for academic concerns. Client and counselor gender did not affect willingness to see the counselor.

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“…In addition to client and counselor gender, another topic that has attracted research attention concerns the gender pairing of clients and counselors (Feldstein, 1979(Feldstein, , 1982. Some have argued that because of the potential for gender bias in sessions consisting of male counselors and female clients, same-gender pairings might produce greater potential for more effective counseling (cf.…”

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The Impact of Counselor and Participant Gender on Willingness to Discuss Relational Topics: Development of the Relationship Disclosure Scale

Snell

Hampton

McManus

1992

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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The current investigation examined people's willingness to disclose personal information about their intimate relationships to counselors. This was accomplished by asking 431 students to indicate how willing they would be to discuss 25 relationship topics, as measured by the newly developed Relationship Disclosure Scale (RDS), with female and male counselors. The results indicated that people's willingness to disclose their intimate relationships to counselors depended on their own gender, the gender of the counselor, and the particular relationship topics assessed by the RDS. In addition, several personality variables associated with relational‐esteem and relational‐consciousness were found to be associated with women's willingness to engage in relationship disclosure with male and female counselors. These findings underscore the impact of gender and personality on counseling disclosure tendencies. The discussion focuses on gender and the use of the RDS in research and counseling settings.

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Counselor and client sex pairing: The effects of counseling problem and counselor sex role orientation.

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Sex‐Role Orientation Research: Review and Implications for Counselor Education

Sex‐Role Orientation Research: Review and Implications for Counselor Education

Effect of client gender and counselor gender and sex roles on willingness to see the counselor.

The Impact of Counselor and Participant Gender on Willingness to Discuss Relational Topics: Development of the Relationship Disclosure Scale

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