Exploring Counselors’ Personal Guiding Theories: A Qualitative Study in Portraiture

A personal guiding theory of counseling is an important component of professional identity development for counselors. We utilized the qualitative methodology of portraiture to explore how professional counselors understand their own personal guiding theories of counseling. Three research portraits are shared that demonstrate how participants use the counseling relationship as the means to incorporate their personal guiding theories into their work with clients. Implications for counselors and counselor educators and future research are presented

Glycerolysis of Fats and Methyl Esters.

The glycerolysis of methyl esters and triglycerides with crude glycerol. a coproduct from the transesterification of triglycerides, was studied. Three procedures were followed ior this conversion. The first procedure was a one-step glycerolysis with methyl esters. The second procedure was a two-step process. This proced~~irnev olved an initial partial glycerolysis with methyl esters, followed by fat glycerolysis. The third procedure u,as a simultaneous glycerolysis n,ith methyl esters and triglycerides. In the glycerolysis with methyl esters, the removal of methanol is vital to the production of mono- and diglycerides. Methanol was removed either by drawing vacuum on the reactor or by stripping methanol out by means of an inert carrier gas (nitrogen]. Different molar ratios of methyl esters to glycerol were tested in the first two processes. At low concentration of methyi esters, total conversion oi methyl esters to mono- and diglycerides was achieved. As the concentration oi methyl esters was increased, the conversion of methyl esters to mono and diglvcerides was decreased. Furthermore, the ratio of mono- to diglycerides was also higher at lower roncentrations of methyl esters. The conversion of triglycerides in the two-step process with crude glycerol was similar to a one-step fat glycerolysis with pure glycerol. The composition of different coniponents and the ratio of mono to diglycerides were also comparabl

Technology and relationship: quality of life in later adulthood

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Technology and the relationship to quality of life in later adulthood

The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by older adults has the potential to enhance the quality of life in those who remain connected to family and society (Feist, Parker, Howard, & Hugo, 2010).The purpose of our study was to evaluate the use of ICT by older adults to remain viable participants in society and in the lives of their families. This nonrandom pilot study, conducted at senior agencies in Northwestern Wisconsin, investigated differences between users and non-users of ICT to stay connected to significant people in their lives and to society overall. Informed by literature and Family Ecological Theory (Smith, Hamon, Ingoldsby, & Miller 2009), we predicted that older adult users of ICT would report better quality of life than nonusers. Survey data were statistically analyzed using cross-tabulations, mean comparisons, and reliability analysis. Moderate support was found for the hypothesis. Implications for practitioners are to encourage users and non-users to work through possible self-imposed age barriers and increase their frequency of communication with current social networks through the use of ICT. Implications for future research would be increased sample size with greater diversity in socioeconomic status, race and geographic location. We recommend a mixed method approach using qualitative interviews for the older adult lived experience perspective