GROUP COUNSELING, DEPENDENCE, AND COLLEGE MALE UNDERACHIEVEMENT

INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTS OF 2 DIFFERENT METHODS OF GROUP COUNSELING ON THE MALE COLLEGE UNDERACHIEVER. 8 COUNSELING GROUPS (N = 96) WERE DIVIDED BETWEEN 2 COUNSELORS WHO EACH LED 2 GROUPS IN THE HIGH AUTHORITY LEADER-STRUCTURED (LS) METHOD AND 2 GROUPS IN THE LOW AUTHORITY GROUP-STRUCTURED (GS) METHOD OF COUNSELING. IT IS CONCLUDED (P < .001) THAT MALE UNDERACHIEVERS WHO HAVE HIGH DEPENDENT NEEDS IMPROVE IN GRADE-POINT AVERAGE IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE LS METHOD BUT NOT IN THE GS METHOD. CONVERSELY, MORE INDEPENDENT UNDERACHIEVING MEN IMPROVE IN GRADE-POINT AVERAGE IN THE GS METHOD THAN IN THE LS METHOD. (15 REF.)