Person-Centered Theory

February 16, 2009 12:52 PM

Rogerian Theory Project

I have searched through Google articles and articles from my school's library and have come up empty.

What I need? Well I'm doing a project on the Person-Centered Theory (Rogerian Theory by Carl Rogers). I have to find an recent research article, 2002 or more recent about the theory. So far I have come up without a recent article. I have found articles that have some information but nothing recent.

Is there somewhere that I have failed to look? Or can anyone help me with the search and give me suggestions on how to find an article more recent.

posted by roxiesmom to education (4 comments total)

Well, you might get more hits if you replace "theory" with "therapy". Having said that, I'm not completely surprised by the lack of recent research articles outlining the basics of Rogers' ideas, just like you wouldn't get anything recent and basic about Freud, because it has all been said before.

However, there is The Current Status of Carl Rogers and the Person-Centered Approach H Kirschenbaum, A Jourdan - Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 2005, which might have what you're looking for (unless that is the one article you had already found). And you could check out the papers that cite that article.
posted by bjrn at 1:16 PM on February 16

A few things came up from my Google Scholar search for articles since 2004 on person-centered "carl rogers".
posted by metalheart at 3:27 PM on February 16

Does your school have a subscription to the database PsycInfo? If you do a search for "Rogerian", and then limit it to the years 2005-2009, you will get about 20 results, and some of those look good (you'll need to pick through because it's a list of articles that just mention that as a keyword, not necessarily what the article is about).

I believe the controlled term here is "client-centered therapy", though, so if you wanted to do a more advanced search you could search for that as a descriptor (depending on the interface that you use for PsycInfo, that might be a choice from the dropdown menu next to the search blank). MeMail me if you have any questions, or you can contact a librarian at your school if you're having difficulties. Check your library's webpage too, as some libraries even have an Ask-A-Librarian service where you can ask your question over email or chat, and someone will get back to you soon.
posted by unknowncommand at 3:27 PM on February 16

I always dealt with it under the moniker "client-centered therapy," so perhaps that search term might yield better results.

Back before my law talkin' days, I used psycarticles, psycinfo, and jstor to do psychological research. Assuming you have access to a library with a subscription to one or all of the above, they might be of use to you.

Failing that, this site seems to be devoted to the Rogerian therapeutic modality, and it has links to articles. Maybe you can find something useful there.
posted by Law Talkin' Guy at 8:41 PM on February 16