Counselors' and therapists' interpersonal personality and ethical behavior in dual relationship / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the relation of counselors'and therapists'interpersonal personality on the ethical behavior of dual relationship.Methods:Totally 177 practitioners (21-65 years old) were investigated with 4 interpersonal personality subscales of the Chinese Personality Inventory (CPAI) and the Questionnaire of the attitude of counselors to the ethical behavior of dual relationship.Results:There were no differences of 4 dimension of interpersonal personality on the 6 items of professional relationship between higher and lower groups (Ps ＞ 0.05),but on the other 5 types of dual relations respectively,there were 6 (9％),10 (15％),12 (18％) and 21 items'(32％) score showing statistically difference (Ps ＜ 0.05).Furthermore,more items had score difference on social relationship.Conclusion:It suggests that the counselors'and therapists'interpersonal personality may be related to the ethical behavior in dual relationship.