https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/uiuc/oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69147
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name: The Impact of Context of Counselor Touch on Subject Perceptions of Counselor Attractiveness, Expertness, and Trustworthiness and Relationship Positive Regard, Empathy, and Congruence: An Analogue Study
description: An analogue study was developed to investigate the thesis that the effects of counselor initiated touch are mediated by the nature of the counseling interaction (i.e., context) at the point in the session when the touch occurs. It was hypothesized that touch in a context where touch was congruent with the nature of the counseling interaction would lead to more favorable perceptions of counselor attractiveness, expertness, and trustworthiness as well as relationship positive regard, empathy, and congruence than touch in a context where touch was discordant with the nature of the counseling interaction.
abstract: An analogue study was developed to investigate the thesis that the effects of counselor initiated touch are mediated by the nature of the counseling interaction (i.e., context) at the point in the session when the touch occurs. It was hypothesized that touch in a context where touch was congruent with the nature of the counseling interaction would lead to more favorable perceptions of counselor attractiveness, expertness, and trustworthiness as well as relationship positive regard, empathy, and congruence than touch in a context where touch was discordant with the nature of the counseling interaction.
author: Harker, Howard Eugene
keywords: Education, Guidance and Counseling
date published: 2014-12-15T18:51:37Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:00Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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