In addressing Jim’s question:
I don’t find anything specifically documenting the reason(s) for Rogers’ shift away from research but it did follow the difficulties of working with schizophrenics at the Mendota State Hospital in Wisconsin and the methodological criticism of the studies of Truax and others in the 60’s and 70’s. I agree with Gary’s comment about Rogers' decreasing interest in empirical study. My conversations with a student of Rogers at the Center for the Study of the Person suggest the same: that he believed there are limits to the scientific method in understanding individual experience; that he felt "scientific inquiry was focused on what is and Rogers was interested in what we are becoming." (John Rivers) There is a brief review of the research during the 1960’s in the introduction to Carl Rogers' Therapeutic Conditions: Evolution, Theory and Practice by Gill Wyatt here: http://www.pccs-books.co.uk/pdf/Wyattseriesint.pdf Steve Steven Hall Butte Community College, Oroville,CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
