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Genetic Counseling—Stress, Coping, and the Empowerment Perspective
Author(s) -
McConkieRosell Allyn,
Sullivan Jennifer A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of genetic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1573-3599
pISSN - 1059-7700
DOI - 10.1023/a:1022919325772
Subject(s) - genetic counseling , coping (psychology) , psychological intervention , empowerment , psychology , autonomy , psychotherapist , perspective (graphical) , applied psychology , clinical psychology , computer science , psychiatry , genetics , political science , law , biology , artificial intelligence
Historically one of the basic foundations of the genetic counseling process has been nondirectiveness; however, its definition and utility continues to be in question. There remains a need to develop genetic counseling interventions in order to qualify, quantify, measure, and enhance the genetic counseling process as well as to delineate the complex interactions of education and counseling that occur. We propose a framework for genetic counseling interventions utilizing an empowerment perspective and Lazarus and Folkman's adaptation of the theory of stress and coping. This model frames the genetic counseling process as one that promotes the autonomy of the individual by providing the individual with the tools required to make their own decisions and enhances coping and adjustment to the outcome of those decisions through control and mastery.