title: Dual relationship activities: principal component analysis of counselors' attitudes.
abstract: The British Columbian Members of the Canadian Guidance and Counselling Association were surveyed to explore their attitudes regarding dual relationships. Of 529 deliverable surveys, 206 usable returns yielded a response rate of 39%. The survey instrument collected data regarding respondents' characteristics and ethicality ratings of 39 dual relationship activity items. An exploratory principal components analysis was performed on responses, resulting in a 4-factor equation, which accounted for 44% of the total variance. The results suggest that, although conceptual considerations of dual relationship typology do underlay the resultant factors, the relative ethicality of each item is also influential.
authors.affiliation: University of Victoria, 1233 Roy Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada V8Z 2X8, Canada. tnigro@telus.net
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nigro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002170:Canada; D003376:Counseling / Q000941:ethics*; D003625:Data Collection; D036262:Empirical Research; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D033062:Friends; D037921:Gift Giving / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D028743:Professional Misconduct; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D011584:Psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior