Hongryun Woo, Junfei Lu, Chaiqua A. Harris, Bridget Cauley
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Abstract
ABSTRACT This study examined group differences in professional identity among 316 counseling professionals (i.e., master's- and doctoral-level counseling students and counselor educators) using the Professional Identity Scale in Counseling (PISC). Counselor educators rated five out of six subscales (i.e., Engagement behaviors, Knowledge of the profession, Philosophy of the profession, Attitude, and Professional roles and expertise) in the PISC significantly higher than doctoral students, followed by master's students. On the Professional values subscale, a different pattern in group comparisons was found with doctoral students having higher scores than counselor educators. Implications for the counseling profession are addressed.
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Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CORE) provides counselor educators, researchers, educators, and other mental health practitioners with outcome research and program evaluation practices for work with individuals across the lifespan. It addresses topics such as: treatment efficacy, clinical diagnosis, program evaluation, research design, outcome measure reviews. This journal also serves to address ethical, legal, and cultural concerns in the assessment of dependent variables, implementation of clinical interventions, and outcome research. Manuscripts typically fall into one of the following categories: Counseling Outcome Research: Treatment efficacy and effectiveness of mental health, school, addictions, rehabilitation, family, and college counseling interventions across the lifespan as reported in clinical trials, single-case research designs, single-group designs, and multi- or mixed-method designs.