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ERIC Number: EJ414559
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0090-1482
Effects of Counselor Gender and Drinking Status on Perceptions of the Counselor.
Johnson, Mark E.; Prentice, David G.
Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, v35 n3 p38-44 Spr 1990
Investigated the effects of counselor gender and drinking status on 93 mandated clients' perceptions of counselor trustworthiness, expertness and attractiveness, and confidence in the counselor. Results revealed no differences between ratings of recovering alcoholic, nonalcoholic, or no-statement counselors on any of the dependent measures. Discusses findings relative to prevalent assumption of superiority of recovering alcoholics as alcoholism counselors. (Author/PVV)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Attitudes, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Competence, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship, Drinking, Drug Rehabilitation, Interpersonal Attraction, Rehabilitation Counseling, Sex Differences, Social Cognition, Trust (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Alcohol Rehabilitation