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Hello All. Please see the below opportunity to participate in research. </div>
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<b>From: </b>Hannah Bayne <hannahb@survey.vt.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Foreman, Tamarine <foremant@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[External] Research Invitation: Help Us Develop a New Empathy Scale for Counselors<br>
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<p dir="ltr" class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">We’re a team of researchers from Virginia Tech and the University of Central Florida, and we’re inviting you to take part in a study focused on empathy in the counseling profession. We obtained
your email from the CACREP website. We are hopeful that you can distribute the following research request for your students:</p>
<p dir="ltr" class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">We’re developing a new Empathic Orientation Scale designed specifically for counselors. This study will help us test the scale’s reliability and validity, starting with exploratory factor
analysis. Later, we’ll conduct a second phase for confirmatory analysis. Our goal is to publish the scale and support its use in counseling research and training.</p>
<p dir="ltr" class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing"><b>Who can participate?</b><br>
We’re looking for practicing counselors and school counselors at any of the following levels:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing"><b>What’s involved?</b><br>
You’ll complete a brief survey that takes about 15–20 minutes. The study is approved by the Virginia Tech Institutional Review Board (IRB#25-740).</p>
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<p dir="ltr" class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing"> Please complete the survey within the next two weeks.</p>
<p dir="ltr" class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">If you have any questions before participating, feel free to reach out to us at hannahb@vt.edu.</p>
<p dir="ltr" class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Thank you for considering this opportunity to support empathy research in counseling!</p>
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<p dir="ltr" class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Hannah B. Bayne, PhD, LMHC (FL), LPC (VA)<br>
Virginia Tech</p>
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Lingfeng Guo, M.Ed., M.A. NCC</p>
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Heather L. Mack, M.Ed., Ed.S, LPC (SC), NCC </p>
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Cheolwoo Park, Ph.D. NCC</p>
<p dir="ltr" class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">University of Central Florida</p>
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