Ethical dilemmas of Turkish counsellors: a critical incidents study

Sivis-Cetinkaya R.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING, cilt.43, sa.4, ss.476-491, 2015 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/03069885.2014.987726
  • Dergi Adı: BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.476-491
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: counselling ethics, ethical dilemmas, Turkish counsellors, critical incidents technique, ethical codes, DECISION-MAKING, PSYCHOLOGISTS, STUDENTS, MODEL
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Ethical dilemmas from a national purposive sample of Turkish counsellors (N = 172) were collected using critical incidents technique. Content analysis was performed with open coding guided by the classification of American Counseling Association code of ethics. Incidents regarding confidentiality and privacy (56.4%), with 37.1% involving incidents of reporting child sex abuse, had the highest percentage of prevalence. Dilemmas involving conflicts with school principals ranked second (16.3%), while incidents regarding dual relationships and boundaries (14%) ranked third. Implications for the development of a research-based and culturally sensitive code of counselling ethics in Turkey are discussed, and recommendations for future research are provided.