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Vargas, Alice M.; Borkowski, John G. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1983
Assessed how the physical attractiveness of counselors and clients interacted to build rapport in two experiments involving college students (N=128 and N=64). Results showed the counselor's physical attractiveness had a major impact on her perceived effectiveness and the client's expectation of success irrespective of the client's attractiveness…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship
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Vargas, Alice M.; Borkowski, John G. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1982
Searched for interaction between quality of counseling skills (presence or absence of empathy, genuineness, and positive regard) and physical attractiveness as determinants of counseling effectiveness. Attractiveness influenced perceived effectiveness of counselor's skill. Analyses of expectancy data revealed that only with good skills did…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Attitudes