TY - JOUR
T1 - Counseling as stochastic process
T2 - Fitting a Markov chain model to initial counseling interviews
AU - Lichtenberg, James W.
AU - Hummel, Thomas J
PY - 1976/7/1
Y1 - 1976/7/1
N2 - Tested the hypothesis that the probabilistic structure underlying counseling interviews is Markovian. The goodness of fit of a 1st-order Markov chain model to 6 counseling interviews was assessed by using chi-sup-2 tests of homogeneity and by simulating sampling distributions of selected process characteristics against which the same characteristics in the actual interviews were compared. The model provided an adequate fit to 4 of the 6 interviews and should provide a useful tool for further investigations into the character and course of the counseling process. (30 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
AB - Tested the hypothesis that the probabilistic structure underlying counseling interviews is Markovian. The goodness of fit of a 1st-order Markov chain model to 6 counseling interviews was assessed by using chi-sup-2 tests of homogeneity and by simulating sampling distributions of selected process characteristics against which the same characteristics in the actual interviews were compared. The model provided an adequate fit to 4 of the 6 interviews and should provide a useful tool for further investigations into the character and course of the counseling process. (30 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
KW - Markov chain model, goodness of fit to initial counseling interviews
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-0167.23.4.310
DO - 10.1037/0022-0167.23.4.310
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-0167
VL - 23
SP - 310
EP - 315
JO - Journal of Counseling Psychology
JF - Journal of Counseling Psychology
IS - 4
ER -