Students' Ethical Decision‐Making When Considering Boundary Crossings With Counselor Educators. Issue 1 (10th April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Burns, Stephanie T.
• Is Part Of: Counseling and values. Volume 64:Issue 1(2019:Apr.)
• Page Start: 53
• Page End: 71
• Publication Date: 2019-04-10
• Subjects: counselor education -- ethical decision‐making models -- ethics -- boundary crossing -- students; Counseling -- Religious aspects -- Periodicals; Spiritual direction -- Periodicals; Philosophical counseling -- Periodicals; Values -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 158.3
• DOI: 10.1002/cvj.12094
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0160-7960

Abstract

Abstract : Counselor education students ( N = 224) rated 16 boundary‐crossing scenarios involving counselor educators. They viewed boundary crossings as unethical and were aware of power differentials between the 2 groups. Next, they rated the scenarios again, after reviewing 1 of 4 ethical informational resources: relevant standards in the ACA Code of Ethics (American Counseling Association, 2014), 2 different boundary‐crossing decision‐making models, and a placebo. Although participants rated all resources except the placebo as moderately helpful, these resources had little to no influence on their ethical decision‐making. Only 47% of students in the 2 ethical decision‐making model groups reported they would use the model they were exposed to in the future when contemplating boundary crossings