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This study is aimed to explore three factors which has
effects on counselors'' judgments of client''s mental health：
the order of presenting positive and negative information,
the timing of presenting client''s problem and the level of
professional experience of counselors. The study used a 2×2×2
factorial design. There are three independent variables. The
first variable is to vary the order in which positive and
negative infor- mation is presented. The second variable is to
vary the timing of presenting client''s problem. The client''
s problem is presented either earlier or later in a
session. The third variable is the level of professional
experience of counselors. Subjects were 38 practice
counselors and 38 student counselors. They were classified as
8 groups based on the three factors mentioned above.
Counselors would judge client''s mental health according to
the Global Assessment Scale after watching the videotape.
There are four videotapes in all. The videotapes which were
made depended on the order of presenting positive and
negative information, and the timing of presenting client''
s problem. The data obtained were analyzed by three-way ANOVA.
The results showed： 1.Varying the order in which the
positive and negative information is presented has
significant effects on counselors'' judgments of clients mental
health. 2.Varying the timing of presenting client''s problem
has no significant effects on counselors'' judgments of
client''s mental health. 3.The judgments of client''s mental
health have no sig- nificant difference between practice
counselors and student counselors. 4.There is no significant
interaction effects among the three independent variables
on the judgments of client''s mental health.
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