The utility of Personal Orientation Inventory as a screening device for drug abuse counselors was explored. Counselors and their clients were administered the POI, after which the clients were rated on a prognostic indicator by their counselors. On the basis of their POI profiles, counselors were split into two groups: high vs. low actualizing. Within each group, clients' POI scores were then correlated with their counselors' prognostic rating. Results indicated that two POI scales (I; Sa) were significantly related to counselors' prognoses in the high-actualizing condition, while no significant correlations were noted in the low-actualizing condition.
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