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Critical Ethical Issues in Online Counseling: Assessing Current Practices With an Ethical Intent Checklist
Author(s) -
Shaw Holly E.,
Shaw Sarah F.
Publication year - 2006
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.1556-6678.2006.tb00378.x
Subject(s) - checklist , ethical issues , psychology , the internet , ethical standards , medical education , clinical psychology , applied psychology , medicine , engineering ethics , world wide web , computer science , engineering , cognitive psychology
The authors used a 16‐item Ethical Intent Checklist, developed from the American Counseling Association's (1999) Ethical Standards for Internet Online Counseling, to assess the current practices of 88 online counseling Web sites. Results showed fewer than half of online counselors were following the accepted practice on 8 of the 16 items. Online counselors who identified themselves as licensed or as association members had significantly higher mean checklist scores.