Patterns of Expectations About Counseling: Relations to the Five-Factor Model of Personality

The authors sought to identify groups of students who differed in their patterns of expectations about counseling, and then to relate those groups to personality, as organized in the 5‐factor model (FFM). Results of cluster analysis of 150 female and 96 male students' responses to the Expectati...

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Published in:Journal of counseling and development 1999-04, Vol.77 (2), p.177-188
Main Authors: Schaub, Michael, Tokar, David M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Career Counseling
Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Cluster analysis
Counseling
Counseling Objectives
Counseling services
Counselling
Discriminant analysis
Expectation
Expectations
Expectations about Counseling Brief Form
Factor Analysis
Five factor model
Five Factor Model of Personality
Group Counseling
Group dynamics
Homogeneous Grouping
Individual Characteristics
Individual Differences
Influence
Multivariate Analysis
Personality
Personality (Psychology)
Personality tests
Psychosocial development
Researchers
Statistical Analysis
Students
Systems development
Undergraduate Students
Variables
Variance analysis
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Summary:The authors sought to identify groups of students who differed in their patterns of expectations about counseling, and then to relate those groups to personality, as organized in the 5‐factor model (FFM). Results of cluster analysis of 150 female and 96 male students' responses to the Expectations About Counseling‐Brief form (EAC‐B; H. E. A. Tinsley, 1982) questionnaire revealed 5 distinct clusters. Results of discriminant analysis identified 2 FFM personality functions (A Neuroticism and Closedness and Optimism) that meaningfully discriminated among the 5 clusters. A brief interpretation is offered of each cluster that integrates information based on EAC‐B factor scores and the significant personality functions.
ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1999.tb02438.x