Kitson Cathy, Sperlinger David
Newham Primary Care Trust, London, UK.
Psychol Psychother. 2007 Jun;80(Pt 2):279-95. doi: 10.1348/147608306X126655.
To collect information from a large number and broad range of UK clinical psychologists in order to examine the relationships between their attitudes towards dual relationships and various other characteristics, for comparison with the results of previous studies (mainly in the USA).
The study was an anonymous postal survey.
Questionnaires were sent out by the British Psychological Society Direct Mail Service to 1,000 randomly selected full members of the Division of Clinical Psychology (total membership 3,330). The questionnaire covered attitudes in respect of the management of dual relationships, general demographic information and questions about training, supervision and work experience.
Of the questionnaires, 424 (42.4%) were returned with data available for analysis. The results appear to be consistent with other studies and, in general, the expected associations between variables were found. Overall, the dual relationship scenarios were rated as professionally appropriate only in limited circumstances; most consensus was found regarding the inappropriateness of sexual dual relationships.
The findings are discussed in terms of their relationships with previous research. Implications for clinical psychology training and the profession of Clinical Psychology are considered.
从大量且广泛的英国临床心理学家中收集信息，以考察他们对双重关系的态度与各种其他特征之间的关系，以便与先前研究（主要在美国）的结果进行比较。
该研究为匿名邮寄调查。
问卷由英国心理学会直接邮寄服务部门发送给随机挑选的1000名临床心理学分会的正式会员（总会员数为3330人）。问卷涵盖了对双重关系管理的态度、一般人口统计学信息以及关于培训、督导和工作经历的问题。
共收回424份问卷（42.4%），其数据可供分析。结果似乎与其他研究一致，总体上发现了变量之间预期的关联。总体而言，双重关系情形仅在有限情况下被认为在专业上是合适的；关于性双重关系的不适当性，达成的共识最多。
根据这些发现与先前研究的关系进行了讨论。考虑了对临床心理学培训和临床心理学专业的影响。
