Factor analysis of the domain of client expectancies about counseling.

Tinsley, Howard E. A.; Workman, Kathleen R.; Kass, Richard A.

doi:10.1037/0022-0167.27.6.561

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“…Therapist roles have also been described as nurturant, model, and critic (Apfelbaum, 1958), while a fourth dimension, the cooperative therapist, would come about only toward the end of treatment (Rickers-Ovsiankina, Geller, Berzins, & Rogers, 1971). Another typology of expected roles has four empirically derived factors: personal commitment (the client role), facilitative conditions provided by the counselor, counselor expertise, and nurturance from the counselor (Tinsley, Workman, & Kass, 1980). Studies addressing role expectations have used interviews or a large variety of questionnaires.…”

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Expectations and preferences.

Glass¹,

Arnkoff²,

Shapiro³

2001

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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Client expectations and preferences have been thought by many to influence the client's willingness to engage in and be influenced by the therapist and the process of therapy. Definitions and methods of assessment are presented of clients' expectancy for therapeutic gain; expectations about the roles they and their therapists will play; and their preferences for therapy roles, type of psychotherapy, and demographic features of the therapist. Included is a review of the empirical evidence based on 76 studies of the relation between client expectations and preferences, on the one hand, and the outcome of psychotherapy, on the other hand. Clients' expectations for therapeutic gain are related to outcome in most studies, although no causal conclusions can be drawn. The literature on role expectations is equivocal, and the relatively few studies on client preferences yield primarily negative or mixed results. Finally, specific implications for therapeutic practices are discussed.Much emphasis has been placed on answering the question of whether different approaches to psychotherapy are effective, but it is also important to pay attention to client factors that may influence their willingness to participate in and

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Section: Role Expectationsmentioning

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Expectations and preferences.

Glass¹,

Arnkoff²,

Shapiro³

2001

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

109

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“…Tinsley, Holt, Hinson, & Tinsley, 1991;H. E. A. Tinsley et al, 1980), implications of expectations about counseling for counseling process and outcomes (e.g., Heppner & Dixon, 1981;H.…”

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Predicting Expectations About Counseling: Psychological Factors and Gender Implications

Robitschek

Hershberger

2005

Journal of Counseling &Amp; Development

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The authors replicated and extended prior research regarding the relations among stages of change and expectations about counseling for actual clients. They added testing the predictive effects of personal growth orientation and gender for clients' expectations about counseling. Results indicated that personal growth orientation and gender contribute to understanding clients' expectations about counseling and that these effects may interact. Prior counseling experience was not an important predictor of these expectations for men or women.

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“…The short form of the Expectations About Counselling questionnaire (EAC; Tinsley, Workman & Kass, 1980), and the state anxiety scale from the StateTrait Anxiety Inventory -Form Y (STAI-Y1; Speilberger, 1983) were used as dependent measures.…”

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Confirmation of precounselling expectations: Does expectation valence moderate changes in state anxiety?

McLeod

Deane

1994

Int J Adv Counselling

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Abstract. Despite considerable research attention, it remains unclear whether failing to meet clients' precounselling expectations causes increases in state anxiety. Empirical support for such a relationship is equivocal and it has been suggested that the treatment of expectations as a unitary construct and a lack of theory have given rise to this situation. The present study measured pre-and post-session expectations and anxiety in a sample of clients attending a university counselling service. The Expectations About Counselling questionnaire (EAC) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory -Form Y (STAI-Y) were used as dependent measures. SelfRegulation theory and the Attentional Bias model of anxiety provided a theoretical framework from which the experimental hypothesis was drawn. Affective valence of expectations (positive vs. negative) was assessed as welt as whether confirmation or disconfirmation occurred. As predicted, the results failed to support a main effect for disconfirmation on elevations in state anxiety, but the moderating effect of expectation valence was observed. The theoretical and methodological implications of the results are briefly discussed.

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Factor analysis of the domain of client expectancies about counseling.

Cited by 170 publications

References 31 publications

Expectations and preferences.

Expectations and preferences.

Predicting Expectations About Counseling: Psychological Factors and Gender Implications

Confirmation of precounselling expectations: Does expectation valence moderate changes in state anxiety?

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