Ego Development, Ethical Decision-Making, and Legal and Ethical Knowledge in School Counselors

    Authors

    G. W. Lambie; K. P. Ieva; P. R. Mullen;B. G. Hayes

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Adult Dev.

    Keywords

    Ego development; Ethical decision-making; Legal and ethical knowledge; School counseling; MATURITY; VALIDITY; Psychology, Developmental

    Abstract

    School counselors require high levels of ego development, sound ethical decision-making processes, and significant knowledge regarding legal and ethical practice to provide effective services to their clientele. The authors report the findings of a descriptive, correlational study of 186 school counselors' levels of ego development (Hy and Loevinger in Measuring ego development, 2nd edn. Sage, Thousand Oaks, 1996), ethical decision-making (Dufrene in Dissertation Abstracts International, 61(10): 3906, 2000), and ethical and legal knowledge (Lambie et al. in Counselor Education & Supervision, 49, 228-246, 2010). Higher ego maturity was associated with higher legal and ethical knowledge scores. Implications for counseling and adult development are discussed.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Adult Development

    Volume

    18

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2011

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    50

    Last Page

    59

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000290846700006

    ISSN

    1068-0667

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