Describes the current environment in higher education which is influencing college and university counseling centers, including issues surrounding funding patterns, definitions of service entitlement, and personnel policies. Discusses administrative and managerial strategies for dealing with these issues. (JPS)

Identifies the major developmental issues faced by students participating in interscholastic athletics, such as identity formation, becoming personally competent, developing interpersonal relationships, and planning for the future. Suggests ways in which counselors can assist them in mastering age-appropriate developmental tasks. (JPS)

Urges a broader definition of the term "multicultural counseling," and explores the potential contribution of multiculturalism to the theory and practice of counseling. Briefly reviews the current status of training in cross-cultural and multicultural counseling, and offers suggestions for upgrading the preparation of multicultural counselors.…

Asserts that qualitative research will gain acceptance when it takes a significant step toward solving a major problem in the discipline. Provides a tentative outline of an approach to metaphysical problems involving radical empiricism and phenomenolgy. Delineates some necessary cognitive shifts involving dialectical and abductive reasoning…

Reviews and gives an overview of counseling techniques covering 10 topic areas related to marriage and family functioning that are used in assessment and diagnosis. Examines assessment and its relationship to diagnosis, with special reference to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual series. (JPS)

Provides an overview of mood disorders according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (fourth edition) criteria and other relevant information. Differential diagnosis is facilitated through discussion of differences and similarities among mental disorders, age and gender-related patterns of mood disorders, and useful diagnostic tools. (Author)

Uses latent variable modeling to examine the relationship between male gender role conflict (MGRC), depression, and negative attitudes toward seeking counseling services in male college students. Identifies two components of MGRC : restriction-related MGRC, which predicted 25% of the variance in help-seeking attitudes, and achievement-related…

Evaluates a measure of unconditional self-regard (USR) in four theories. Results indicated that USR was highly reliable and was strongly related to other measures of self-esteem and negatively related to depression, anxiety, and symptoms of psychological distress. Evidence for discriminant validity was provided by findings that USR was unrelated…

Surveys a national sample of female counselors (n=377) regarding sexual contact in professional relations. Few counselors reported a relationship with clients, supervisees, or students. Individuals with doctoral degrees were more likely to have had sexual contact with their own counselors, supervisors, or teachers. Contact in current relationships…

Assesses the moral reasoning of Hawaiian youths. Findings challenge C. Gilligan's theoretical proposition that gender differences exist in moral development. Implications for counseling theory, research, and practice are discussed. (Author)

Questionnaires were administered to single professional women (n=152) in higher education institutions. Performance on life satisfaction was significantly explained by recourse to the variables of job satisfaction, internal locus of control, regrets regarding life circumstances, sexual satisfaction, and leisure-time activities. (JPS)

The verbal response modes of four master's-level career counselors, each in the middle sessions of career counseling with two adult clients, were categorized and compared with those of other types of helpers. Career counselors primarily used information, direct guidance, paraphrase, and closed question in counseling sessions. (JPS)

Presents a review of literature related to the process of accreditation by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), and identifies several areas of concern to counseling programs seeking accreditation. Presents a departmental case that describes how one program at a mid-size university addressed these…

Hypothesizes that suicidal adolescents display a more negative attitude toward their bodies than nonsuicidal normal adolescents. Correlations showed that the higher the suicidal tendency, the stronger the negative feelings toward the body. The findings were explained as reflecting suicidal tendencies developing from early trauma and…

Reviews four domains of research in adolescent suicide: (1) the role of psychopathology; (2) family history of psychopathology; (3) mental health treatments; and (4) firearms in homes. Recommendations include: better training for professionals, better delivery of mental health treatments, policy changes of better mental health screening and…