CHAPTER V Counseling and Adjustment

I N THIS CHAPTER there are two main sections: one is devoted to counseling; the other, to adjustment. Counseling is further divided into (a) goals, (b) prediction of outcomes, (c) analysis of processes, and (d) appraisal of results. The section dealing with adjustment treats (a) school adjustment; (b) vocational interest, choices, and job satisfaction; and (c) occupational information. Counseling* The past 25 years in counseling have been marked by great change and yet in some respects little progress. In her analysis of 582 research papers on student personnel work published between 1920 and 1930, Strang (96) observed that most of the research was concerned with student personnel problems at the college level. Unfortunately, an even smaller proportion of the studies published since 1930 have been conducted in elementary and high schools. Furthermore, counseling psychologists still do not have ade-quate technics for identifying good prospects for counselor training, fo