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The Effects of Likeability and Physical Attractiveness on Perceptions of the Competency of Counselors Committing Ethical Violations

Flaum, Michelle E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211918450

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2008, EdD, University of Cincinnati, Education : Counselor Education.
This study explored the effects of three counselor factors (likeability, physical attractiveness, and ethical behavior) on the ratings of the counselor's Expertness, Attractiveness, and Trustworthiness by participants who read stimulus materials depicting a counseling session. This 2 X 2 X 2 analogue design employed the Counselor Rating Form - Short Form (Corrigan and Schmidt, 1983) to capture participants' perceptions of the counselor from one of eight possible combinations of likeable/unlikeable, physically attractive/physically less-attractive, and ethical/unethical behavior. Eighty one advanced graduate counseling students from a Midwestern university were randomly assigned to one of the eight conditions. Participants read a counselor biography, viewed a photograph, and read a transcript of a counseling session before rating the counselor using the CRF-S. Multivariate analyses and follow-up univariate analyses yielded significantly higher ratings for the likeable counselor (p < .001), for the physically attractive counselor (p < .05), and for the ethical counselor (p < .001). There were no significant interactions among the three independent variables in the multivariate analysis. Univariate analyses revealed that the likeable counselor was rated as significantly more Expert, Attractive, and Trustworthy; analyses for physical attractiveness revealed that the physically attractive counselor was rated significantly more Attractive; and results also showed that the counselor who behaved ethically was rated significantly higher on Expert and Trustworthy subscale items. The limitations of this study, as well as suggestions for further research, are discussed.
Geoffrey Yager, PhD (Committee Chair)
Ellen Cook, PhD (Committee Member)
Renee Hawkins, PhD (Committee Member)
Alan Demmitt, PhD (Committee Member)
100 p.
Psychology; Psychotherapy; Therapy
counseling; therapeutic relationship; social influence; halo effect; counselor ethics

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  • Flaum, M. E. (2008). The Effects of Likeability and Physical Attractiveness on Perceptions of the Competency of Counselors Committing Ethical Violations [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211918450

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Flaum, Michelle. The Effects of Likeability and Physical Attractiveness on Perceptions of the Competency of Counselors Committing Ethical Violations. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211918450.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Flaum, Michelle. "The Effects of Likeability and Physical Attractiveness on Perceptions of the Competency of Counselors Committing Ethical Violations." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211918450

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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