Martin, J. (1984). The cognitive mediational paradigm for research on counseling. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 31(4), 558-571.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.31.4.558
Argues that knowledge about counseling effects will not advance until researchers in counseling conduct investigations that obtain reasonably direct data about specific cognitive operations of counselors and clients in ecologically valid counseling contexts, and relate these cognitive data to interactive behavioral data and counseling outcomes. A theory of cognitive processing in counseling is presented, and a research paradigm is described that considers cognitive processes and attempts to link such processes to the interactive behaviors of counselors and clients and to client learning outcomes. Some of the methodological and conceptual issues related to the operationalization of this cognitive mediational paradigm are considered, and a few illustrative research programs are described. (67 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)