A 10-item Helping Beliefs Inventory was constructed for use as a brief screening measure for applicants for nonprofessional training programs in basic counseling skills. Scores correlated significantly with measures of Authoritarianism, Flexibility, and Psychological Mindedness. Test-retest reliability of .74 was adequate (n = 43). The inventory discriminated between 30 experienced counselors and 230 noncounselors and between counseling trainees of high and low skill.
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