Integrating Research on the Microcounseling Program: A Meta-Analysis

Subjected research on Ivey's (1971) microcounseling program to a comprehensive meta-analytic review. A multistage sampling procedure resulted in the identification of 81 admissible studies. Glass's (1976) effect size (ES) statistic was used to estimate average effects for each study and ac...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 1989-04, Vol.36 (2), p.213-222
Main Authors: Baker, Stanley B, Daniels, Thomas G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Counseling
Counselor Education
Effect Size (Statistical)
Human
Medical sciences
Meta Analysis
Microcounseling
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social research
Systematic review
Therapeutical relation and framework
Treatments
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Summary:Subjected research on Ivey's (1971) microcounseling program to a comprehensive meta-analytic review. A multistage sampling procedure resulted in the identification of 81 admissible studies. Glass's (1976) effect size (ES) statistic was used to estimate average effects for each study and across all studies, and the relation between ES and the sampling distribution of several important methodological and substantive characteristics was assessed. The most conservative overall ES statistic fell in the large-effect category. ESs were influenced differentially by the populations from which the subjects were drawn and by the type of client that subjects interviewed when data for ratings on dependent measures were acquired. There was some evidence that the dependent measures used in microcounseling research are limited, which led to a conclusion that research on the teaching of more complex skills may be delayed. The microcounseling program has made a contribution to counseling training and may have pointed the way to new training models.
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.36.2.213