Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate counselors' and clients' attributions of responsibisity for client's problem cause and problem solution and to explore differences of their attributions on socio-cultural backgrounds. The socio-cultural backgrounds in this study included three socio-demographic factors, sex, region, social class. It was sup posed to show cultural differences within each factor in korean society. The attribution test composed of 40items which question problem attributions(internal or external) was given to 50 counselors and 753 clients. The counselors who obtained degree and now are counseling in the field were sampled, The clients who are young adults, Whose ages are ranging from 18 to 25 were sampled. The results are presented as follow : First, the attributions of the counselors were internal, and didn't be affected by their socio-cultural backgrounds. Second, the attributions of the clients were internal, but appeared to be affected by their socio-cultural backgrounds. The male clients showed higher internal attributions than the femiles, partially. The clients who came from city than province, who belonged to the upper class than the lower class showed higher internal attributions. Third, dfferences of the attributions of counselors and clients were statistically significant(except social class). The counselors were higher internality than the clients, but the counselors were not higher internality than the clients, in the upper and the lower class.