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A Cluster Analytic Study of Clinical Orientations Among Chemical Dependency Counselors
Author(s) -
Thombs Dennis L.,
Osborn Cynthia J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2001.tb01992.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychology , dependency (uml) , cluster (spacecraft) , psychopathology , clinical psychology , psychological intervention , discriminant function analysis , group counseling , disease , group (periodic table) , typology , social psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , medicine , mathematics , computer science , artificial intelligence , chemistry , organic chemistry , archaeology , history , programming language , statistics
Three distinct clinical orientations were identified in a sample of chemical dependency counselors (N = 406). Based on cluster analysis, the largest group, identified and labeled as “uniform counselors,” endorsed a simple, moral‐disease model with little interest in psychosocial interventions. A 2nd group, identified as “multiform counselors,” embraced an incongruent moral‐disease‐psychosocial model, and valued a myriad of treatment approaches. The smallest group, labeled “client‐directed counselors,” did not fully endorse Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) principles, valued non‐coercive treatment, and recognized coexisting psychopathology in clients. Results from a discriminant function analysis provided evidence to support the 3‐group cluster solution.