Adolescents' attitudes towards confidentiality between the school counsellor and the adolescent client
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11510404 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nerida Collins (Swinburne University of Technology, corresponding author), Ann Knowles (0000-0003-1640-2103, Swinburne University of Technology), Ann D Knowles (Swinburne University of Technology) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 179-182 |
| Publication date | 1995-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0005-0067 • E-ISSN: 1742-9544 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00050069508258929 |
| PMID | 17144046 |
| OpenAlex | W2051651502 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 10 |
It is increasingly acknowledged that confidentiality is relative rather than absolute in any counselling relationship. This is particularly the case for minors receiving counselling at school, where third parties such as parents and teachers frequently have access to information about an adolescent client. The Australian Psychological Society's Code of Professional Conduct (1986) states that minors are unable to provide voluntary, informed consent in consulting relationships, although current research does not necessarily support this view. The current study investigated adolescents' attitudes to confidentiality in situations that may commonly arise in school counselling. The study also investigated the third parties to whom adolescents believed information should be disclosed by a counsellor. Respondents were 303 male and 254 female students attending three single-sex nongovernment schools. Ages ranged from 13 to 18 years. Results suggested that the adolescents' attitudes to confidentiality generally corresponded with adult views. Many adolescents wanted more autonomy regarding disclosure of information obtained in a counselling situation than the APS code provides. Parents were the only third party to whom the adolescents generally believed disclosure should be made. There were few age differences, but a wide range of opinions were evident, with female adolescents consistently more strongly in favor of confidentiality than males
Adolescent medicine · Computer security · Confidentiality · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Child Therapy and Development · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
Confidentiality in psychological practice
Adolescents, Risk Behaviour and Confidentiality
The ethics of confidentiality
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| Citations per year | 0.26 |
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| Citation span | 1995 - 2015 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |