CCPJ - Volume 3, Issue 1

Counseling and ^TM

Clinical Psychology

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ISSN:1545-4452

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Volume 3 Issue 1

January 2006

Procrastination Rates Among Adults With and Without AD/HD: A Pilot Study

Joseph R. Ferrari & Sarah E. Sanders

(pp. 2-9)

ABSTRACT - A convenience sample of adults clinically diagnosed with attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (AD/HD: 18 men, 11 women: M age = 48.6 years old, SD = 10.3) were administered a demographic sheet and three reliable and valid self-report measures of chronic procrastination. Their chronic procrastination rates were compared to adults without a diagnosis of AD/HD (102 women, 65 men: M age = 44.1years old, SD = 8.74). As expected, AD/HD adults reported significantly higher rates of decisional procrastination (indecision), avoidance procrastination (behavior delays motivated to protect one’s self-esteem and social image), and arousal procrastination (behavior delays to seek thrill experiences under time pressure) than similar demographic profile normal (non-AD/HD) adults.

Similarity Between Counseling Orientation and Holland Types Among Counselors-In-Training

Mark J. Miller

(pp. 10-16)

ABSTRACT - This descriptive study examined the degree of similarity between counseling orientation and personality type among 58 counselors-in-training in a graduate counseling program. Participants completed the Counseling Orientation Scale and the Self-Directed Search. There was a moderate relationship between preferred counseling orientations and Holland types. Some tentative suggestions for counselor education programs are provided.

An Exploratory Study of Counselor Education Students Moral Reasoning, Conceptual Level, and Counselor Self-Efficacy

Susan E. Halverson, Russell D. Miars, & Hanoch Livneh

(pp. 17-30)

ABSTRACT – The present study was undertaken to evaluate the developmental impact of a CACREP accredited counselor education program on student’s moral reasoning, conceptual level, and counselor self-efficacy as they progressed through core academic courses and the clinical components of the program. Measures were taken at three intervals: as students began the program, the start of practicum, and during first quarter of internship. Using Deliberate Psychological Education (DPE) to describe the curriculum within which cognitive and conceptual development and counselor self-efficacy were facilitated, growth during the practicum and internship experiences was significant for both conceptual development and self-efficacy. Higher scores during the third assessment of moral reasoning were found to be predictive of higher ratings of clinical skills at the end of internship.

Relationship Between Excoriation Practices, Depression, Anxiety, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Among a College Student Sample

Martin J. Downing, Jr.

(pp. 31-45)

ABSTRACT – Two samples of college students (n = 378 and 325) completed a series of questionnaires that assessed rates of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and excoriation (skin picking). The questionnaires were administered on two separate occasions during the academic semester. The data found skin picking to be a problem among college students, but there was not a major gender difference. There were also significant correlations between skin picking, anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, which were consistent with previous research. The quantitative data showed no relationship between stress and skin picking, which is inconsistent with the previous theory suggesting that people who suffer from this condition have difficulty dealing with stress. However, a qualitative approach allowed participants to explain what they perceived to be the underlying causes of their skin picking behavior, which led to frequent mentioning of stress and anxiety.