Moral Reasoning of Counselors: Its Relationship to Level of Training and Counseling Experience.

Welfel, Elizabeth Reynolds; Lipsitz, Neal E.

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Publication Date: 1983

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Moral Reasoning of Counselors: Its Relationship to Level of Training and Counseling Experience.

Welfel, Elizabeth Reynolds; Lipsitz, Neal E.

Counseling and Values, v27 n4 p194-203 Jul 1983

Studied influences on counselors' capacity to make mature moral judgments. Counseling students (N=63) at various levels completed a General Information Questionnaire and the Defining Issues Test. Results suggested that actual counseling experience may be more influential in determining moral reasoning capacity than was originally believed. (JAC)

Descriptors: College Students, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Training, Developmental Stages, Ethics, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Moral Development, Outcomes of Education, Predictor Variables

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