Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of training in the use of an ethical decision making model on ethical decision making skills of master’s-level counseling students. Sixty-seven participants volunteered and were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group. Instruments used included the Defining Issues Test-Two (Rest, Narvaez, Bebeau, & Thoma, 1999), Ethical Dilemmas (Betan, 1996), and an information sheet developed by the researcher. Cohen and Cohen’s (1999) theory-based Integrated Ethical Decision Making Model described in their book, The Virtuous Therapist, was taught and described. Neukrug’s (1996) theory-based approach for teaching ethics served as the foundation for the intervention. The significant results of the study indicated that, regardless of training, those students who scored high on the DIT-2 also scored high on the ethical dilemmas. Results were not significant in determining the effects of training on those students who scored low on the DIT-2 and their resulting score on the ethical dilemma.
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