Counselor-Client Value Similarity and Dissimilarity, the Working Alliance, and Counseling Outcome

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by  Lynn Nylund Lupini

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Western Michigan University
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COUNSELOR-CUENT VALUE SIMILARITY AND
DISSIMILARITY, THE WORKING ALLIANCE,
AND COUNSELING OUTCOME
by
Lynn Nylund Lupini
Dissertation
Submitted to the
Faculty of The Graduate College
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
August 2000
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COUNSELOR-CLIENT VALUE SIMILARITY AND
DISSIMILARITY, THE WORKING ALLIANCE,
AND COUNSELING OUTCOME
Lynn Nylund Lupini, Ph.D.
Western Michigan University, 2000
Previous research in client-counselor value similarity and outcome studies has
produced contradictory results. In the present study, an expanded model of Vervaeke,
Vertommen, and Storms’ (1997) value similarity construct was used to measure the
degree of similarity and dissimilarity of values within the counseling dyad. The first
purpose of the present study was to investigate the interrelationships among the
client-counselor value similarity and dissimilarity, the working alliance and
counseling outcome. The second purpose was to determine if the working alliance
was a mediating factor between value (dis)similarity and counseling outcome, thus,
providing insight into the previous contradictory results within the literature.
A sample of 42 counseling dyads at a counselor-training facility at Western
Michigan University completed the Rokeach Value Survey, the Working Alliance
Inventory, and the Counselor Effectiveness Rating Scale. The scores were analyzed
using general linear model of regression and hierarchical multiple regression.
Interpretation of the results demonstrated that value (dis)similarity predicted client­
rated working alliance (dissimilarity R2 = .10, similarity R2 = .14), value
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dissimilarity predicted counselor-rated working alliance scores (R2 = .19), and client­
rated working alliance predicted counseling outcome (R2 = .61). However, there was
no statistically significant relationship between value (dis)similarity (dissimilarity R2
= .04, similarity R2 = .01) and counseling outcome, and the working alliance was not
a meditating effect between value (dis)similarity and counseling outcome
(dissimilarity R2 = .04, similarity R2= .01).
The results suggest that value (dis)similarity influences the working alliance,
but has no relationship counseling outcome, and that the counseling relationship has a
primary role in positive counseling outcome. In addition, it appears that clients use a
combination of value dissimilarity and similarity in determining the working alliance,
while counselors use only value similarity. The present study demonstrated the utility
of the revised version of the Rokeach Value Survey for measurement of values salient
to the counseling setting.
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