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- Title
The Role of Epistemic Style in Counseling Preference and Orientation.
- Authors
Neimeyer, Greg J.; Prichard, Shawn; Lyddon, William J.; Sherrard, Peter A. D.
- Abstract
Recent work has suggested that philosophical commitments play a part in directing preferences for different types of counseling, and in this article the authors extend that work with a series of four studies. Study 1 provides partial support for the relationship between epistemic commitments (rational, empirical, or metaphorical) and preferences for particular types of counseling (behavioral, rational emotive, constructivist). Studies 2 and 3 extend these findings by noting differences in how individuals gather, process, and respond to self-relevant feedback as a result of epistemic style. Finally, Study 4 provides tentative support for the possibility that counselor trainees gravitate toward preferring counseling theories that are consistent with their own epistemic orientations. Implications and limitations of these findings are discussed.
- Subjects
COMMITMENT (Psychology); COUNSELING; RATIONALISM; CONSTRUCTIVISM (Psychology); COUNSELORS
- Publication
Journal of Counseling & Development, 1993, Vol 71, Issue 5, p515
- ISSN
0748-9633
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/j.1556-6676.1993.tb02234.x