Personality: A Predictor of Theoretical Orientation of Students Enrolled in a Counseling Theories Course |
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| Authors: | Mark S Freeman B Grant Hayes Tyson H Kuch Gordon Taub |
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| Institution: | 1. Student Counseling and Employee Relations, Rollins College;2. Department of Child, Family, and Community Sciences, University of Central Florida |
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| 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). |
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