Guidance Institutes and the Persistence of Attitudes: A PROGRESS REPORT

An Investigation of Some Outcomes of In‐Service Training1

“…The general conclusion from those few studies which have been reported 22 ' 26 is that the attitude changes found in in-service courses are less wide-ranging than those often found during initial courses and that they are no more permanent. All these studies, however, refer to long full-time courses which include an assessment element, and different results might well be obtained if part-time courses were studied 2 ?.…”

The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire as a Predictor of Counselor Effectiveness

“…When such changes do occur, they often do not persist (Munger, Myers, & Brown, 1963;Rochester, 1967).…”

Personal Change As A Concommitant of Counselor Education

“…A desirable significant difference was also found between a group of local teachers who functioned as a control group and the institute members. A three-month follow-up by Munger, Myers and Brown (1963) indicated no significant difference from the pre-test given prior to the eight-week training period, and a twenty-seven month follow-up showed even further deterioration toward the pre-institute level of functioning. However, when the group was divided into those employed as counselors and those employed as teachers or administrators, the change for those employed as counselors was persistent twenty-seven months after training, while those employed as teachers or administrators showed a return to the original level of functioning after three months.…”