Title

Personality: A Predictor Of Theoretical Orientation Of Students Enrolled In A Counseling Theories Course

Abstract

Selecting a single psychotherapeutic orientation can be a challenge for counselor education students. The authors examined the relationship between counseling theory selection and personality variables of students enrolled in a counseling theories course. A discriminant function analysis was used to identify the personality traits that would determine theoretical orientation choice. No statistically significant results were found. Results indicated that students showed no personality-based preference of theory. Additionally, no significant differences were found on selected subscales of the Myers—Briggs Type Indicator (I. B. Myers, M. H. McCaulley, N. L. Quenk, & A. L. Hammer, 1998) and the Self-Directed Search (J. L. Holland, B. A. Fritzsche, & A. B. Powell, 1996; J. L. Holland, A. B. Powell, & B. A. Fritzsche, 1994). © 2007 American Counseling Association.

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Publication Title

Counselor Education and Supervision

Volume

46

Issue

4

Number of Pages

254-265

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6978.2007.tb00030.x

Socpus ID

55449123848 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/55449123848

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