Men in Counseling: A Content Analysis of the Journal of Counseling & Development and Counselor Education and Supervision 1981–2011

Abstract

This article is a content analysis of the Journal of Counseling & Development (JCD) and the Counselor Education and Supervision (CES) journal over the time frame 1981–2011. The intent of this analysis was to assess what was published in the counseling literature on men's issues. These two journals serve in prominent positions in the development of counseling as a profession. JCD is considered the flagship journal publication for the profession, and CES serves as the research guide and repository for the development of counselor educators and students. A qualitative analysis of articles in these journals was conducted to determine emergent themes and trends in publications in the counseling literature focused specifically on men's issues in counseling. Recommendations are presented for counselors and counselor education programs related to recruitment and retention of men in counseling. The key search words focused on masculinity, male, men, man, boys, gender, gay, sex roles, and other words that the literature search exposed.

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“…This type of qualitative analysis is appropriate for this study because we were analyzing archival textual data from counseling licensing boards (Schreier, 2012; Stemler, 2001). Researchers in counseling have used this research methodology to explore textual data in the profession (e.g., Evans, 2013; Shin et al, 2017; Webber et al, 2017). This study was approved by the institutional review board at the authors’ university.…”

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“…Örneğin erkek danışanlarla psikolojik danışma, 1981'den beri ele alınmakta, cinsiyet rolünün psikolojik yardım aramaya etkisi, erkeklerde cinsiyet rolü karmaşasının psikolojik danışmada ele alınması, erkeklik gibi konular çalışılmaktadır (Evans, 2013). Geleneksel erkek rolünün, erkeklerin psikolojik yardım arama davranışını ve tutumunu etkileyebildiği ve erkeklerin yalnızca psikolojik danışma/ psikoterapiyi etkili bulmada değil yardım arama sürecinin başlatılmasında da zorluk yaşadığı bilinmektedir (McCarthy & Holliday, 2004).…”

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“…One noted result was a decrease over time in article publication on the counseling of men. This study does note that a possible limiter of keywords may have influenced the number of articles used and may have impacted the results (Evans, 2013).…”

“…The purpose of this study was to analyze the literature of two health journals to determine trends in publication on counseling and training of those working with men's health. The methodology consisted of taking articles from the two chosen journals (picked because they were considered leaders with educating, training, and counseling professions) then analyzing the information for keywords that could lead to specific themes in the research (Evans, 2013). One noted result was a decrease over time in article publication on the counseling of men.…”

“…This study was also, like Zimmer (2013), a content analysis focusing only on the terms "reluctant" and "reader*" to seek articles on this topic. This study was limited due to keyword choice, similar to Evans (2013). If the wording chosen for searches was expanded, perhaps more results could yield different results.…”