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A survey of ethical decision making among practicing school psychologists
Author(s) -
Chevalier Nancy E.,
Lyon Mark A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(199310)30:4<327::aid-pits2310300407>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - seriousness , psychology , consistency (knowledge bases) , ethical decision , school psychology , professional ethics , sample (material) , applied psychology , social psychology , medical education , engineering ethics , medicine , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , chromatography , political science , law , engineering
This study investigated a sample of practicing school psychologists' preferred resolutions to a series of ethical dilemmas and their primary reason(s) for arriving at these resolutions. Results indicated a general lack of consistency in both actions taken to resolve ethical dilemmas and reasons chosen to support such actions, regardless of respondents' sex, years of experience, self‐reported hours of ethics training, frequency of encountering similar problems, perceived seriousness of the problem, or confidence in decision making. The results are discussed in light of similar findings from other areas of professional psychology and their implications for better preservice training in ethical decision making.