School counselors' attitude and decision-making towards dual relationship and confidentiality situations in counseling
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2018.03.002
- VernacularTitle:学校心理咨询师在双重关系和保密原则上的态度和决策
- Author:
Rongrong ZHU
1
;
Kan WANG
;
Jianlei BAI
;
Yingxue SHEN
;
Jun LI
;
Mingyi QIAN
Author Information
1. 合肥工业大学党委学生工作部心理健康教育与咨询中心
- Keywords:
school counseling;
counselor;
ethics;
dual relationship;
confidentiality
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2018;32(3):185-190
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To explore school counselors' attitude and decision-making towards dual relationship and confidentiality. Methods: Totally 123 school counselors (27 males and 96 females, aged 20 to 60 years old, 41 primary and secondary counselors, 82 college counselors) filled up of self-designed Questionnaire for School Psychological Consultants on Dual Relationship and Confidentiality Rules, and the related factors which could influence the school counselors' attitude and their decision-making in dual relationship and confidentiality in the counseling work. Results:Totally 71.5％ (n =88) school counselors chose not to accept other relationships with students after counseling, 14.6％ (n = 18) school counselors chose to accept other relationships with students after counseling. The school counselors who had not accepted supervisioneasier to answer as "accept other relationship may raise clients self-esteem or feelings" than those had got supervision (P <0.05). The school counselor believed that the confidentiality agreement should be breached of the top 3(suicide attention, drug use and bad gangs). Counselors easier to breach confidentiality agreements on situation of students had suicide plans than situation of students had plans to run away from home(P <0.001). Conclusion:This study shows that two factors, including supervision and differential clients "issue may have effect on school counselors" attitudes and decision-making towards dual relationship and confidentiality situation in their counseling practice.
