Abstract
In the present study, 83 high school students first indicated how effective they felt their counselors were and then completed the Survey of Interpersonal Values as they felt their counselors would if the latter were responding frankly. The students followed the same procedure for some “other adult” of their choice, with whom they would find it easy or difficult to discuss a personal problem. As had been hypothesized, those who were considered to be the more effective counselors or the more receptive “other adults” had attributed to them higher Benevolence and lower Recognition and Leadership scores on the survey. These interpersonal values characteristics are among the more highly regarded by the public at large and had been previously attributed to more highly preferred political figures. A study of the development of the attributional process in the client over the course of counseling, particularly as it relates to the outcome of counseling, would represent a potentially useful direction for future research.
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