The pre-post experimental field study was designed to determine whether the use of a coping model or a lecture/discussion style would influence significant change in the use of three behaviors shown by 48 undergraduate students enrolled in two classes of a course in elementary health methods. Data were analyzed to determine if there were significant differences between the groups on the three behaviors, redirection, general praise, and paraphrasing. While the lecture/discussion group had no significant changes pre-and post-treatment, the coping-model group had significant changes on general praise and paraphrasing. Significant differences between groups are reported for all three behaviors.
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