Table III.

Counselor behaviors across the four communication patterns

Overall n=152;100%		Clinical Teaching n=47; 31%	Psycho- educational Teaching n=41; 27%	Supportive Counseling n=50; 33%	Psychosocial Counseling n=14; 9%
R IAS Categories
Clinical Information	.47	.52	.49	.41	.43***
--general	.31	.36	.31	.27	.26***
--personalized	.16	.16	.18	.14	.17*
--% of information presented in personal terms	.35	.30	.38	.35	.37*
Psychosocial Information	.09	.08	.12	.08	.11***
--psychological	.06	.06	.07	.05	.08
--lifestyle	.03	.02	.05	.03	.03
Questions (All)	.10	.10	.08	.10	.10
---clinical	.07	.08	.06	.07	.06***
---psychosocial	.02	.02	.02	.03	.04**
--% of psych questions	.26	.15	.32	.26	.42***
--% of open questions	.32	.30	.35	.31	.33
Facilitative talk	.11	.09	.09	.14	.12***
--paraphrase	.05	.04	.04	.06	.06***
--checking	.03	.03	.02	.04	.01**
--back channel	.02	.01	.02	.03	.03***
--ask for opinion	.01	.01	.01	.01	.02**
Emotional talk	.17	.15	.16	.21	.17***
--partnership	.11	.09	.09	.14	.12***
--reassurance	.03	.03	.03	.03	.02
--concern	.02	.02	.03	.02	.02**
--empathy	.005	.003	.006	.005	.005+
Positive talk	.02	.01	.02	.02	.02
Social talk	.01	.01	.01	.01	.01
Orientations	.03	.03	.03	.03	.04+
Global Ratings
--Positive Affect	3.8	3.65	3.86	3.89	4.21**
--Controlling	3.5	3.60	3.70	3.32	3.36**
Verbal Dominance
Ratio of counselor to client talk	5.0	5.45	5.89	4.37	3.62***
Session Length
Duration in minutes	47.0	42.3	49.6	46.2	59.2***

P values:

⁺<.1

^*<.05;

^**<.01;

^***<.001

P values:

^**<.01

^***<.001

¹X^{2 =}=17.7; df=3; p<.001

²X^{2 =}=1.3; df=3; p<.8

³X^{2 =}=6.6; df=6; p<.4