School Counseling Intervention Research: A 10-Year Content Analysis of ASCA- and ACA-Affiliated Journals. Issue 1 (January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Griffith, Catherine; Mariani, Melissa; McMahon, H. George; Zyromski, Brett; Greenspan, Scott B.
• Is Part Of: Professional school counseling. Volume 23:Issue 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-01
• Subjects: content analysis -- counseling in schools -- school counseling -- school counseling interventions -- school counseling outcomes; Educational counseling -- United States -- Periodicals; Educational counseling; United States; Periodicals; 371.4
• DOI: 10.1177/2156759X19878700
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1096-2409

Abstract

Authors performed a content analysis of school counseling–related intervention research in 21 journals affiliated with the American Counseling Association and the American School Counselor Association across the 10-year span of 2006–2016. Results indicated that minimal school counseling intervention research articles were published ( N = 53) in these 21 journals during that time period and that most studies were quasi-experimental, single-group, pre-/posttest design with a fairly small N, raising questions about validity and generalizability of findings. We discuss implications for practice and future research.