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Status Quo and Prospect of Counseling Process-Outcome Research
HU Shu-Jing, JIANG Guang-Rong
(School of Psychology, HuaZhong Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China)
Abstract:Counselingprocess-outcomeresearchstudiesprocessvariables’impactonoutcome.Person-centeredtheory,cognitivetheory,behaviortheory,psychoanalytictheoryandsomeothertheoriesallcontributedtothisresearchfield.Process-outcomeresearchfocusesontherelationshipsbetweenprocessvariablesandoutcome.Mainprocessvariablesunderresearcharetherapistresponsemodes,clientbehaviorincounseling,therapeuticallianceandimportantcontentsincounseling.Fruitsinthisfieldarenotsorichatpresent,probablybecausetherelationshipitselfisverycomplicated.Besides,therearesomelimitationswithresearchmethods,suchassomedesignsaretoosimpleforcomplicatedrelationships,toomanymeasuretoolsleadtohardnessofresultscomparison,somemeasuretoolsarenotmature,reliabilityandvalidityarepoor.Inaddit