Title

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

Authors

Authors

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

Comments

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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

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10804-010-9105-8

Language

English

First Page

50

Last Page

59

WOS Identifier

WOS:000290846700006

ISSN

1068-0667

Recommended Citation

"Ego Development, Ethical Decision-Making, and Legal and Ethical Knowledge in School Counselors" (2011). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 1518.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/1518