Rigor, Relevance, and Counseling Research: On the Need to Maintain Our Course Between Scylla and Charybdis
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Counseling & Development
- Vol. 63 (9) , 551-553
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6676.1985.tb00678.x
Abstract
This article suggests that a construct called experience‐nearness determines the relevance of research to practice. A mixture of experience‐near (relevant) and experience‐far (rigorous) research is needed to optimally advance knowledge in, counseling.Keywords
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