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Moral Development of Professional and Paraprofessional Counselors and Trainees
Author(s) -
ZAHNER CARL J.,
MCDAVIS RODERICK J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1980.tb01621.x
Subject(s) - psychology , moral development , professional development , counselor education , defining issues test , medical education , cognition , moral education , moral behavior , pedagogy , applied psychology , social psychology , higher education , moral disengagement , medicine , neuroscience , law , political science
This article discusses a study that compared the moral development of professional and paraprofessional counselors and trainees; measuring the effects training programs had on their cognitive moral development. The results revealed that the professional group has a higher level of moral development, and counselor training has no effect on moral development.