Omega (Westport). 2013;68(2):143-59. doi: 10.2190/om.68.2.d.
This study investigated the association between therapist-trainees' death anxiety and their preference for "objective" (i.e., quantitative and rational) over "subjective" (i.e., experiential and symbolic) theoretical orientations. In this correlational investigation, 303 clinical psychology and counseling trainees at a Midwestern school of professional psychology completed instruments assessing their fear of personal death and their endorsement of superordinate dimensions of psychotherapy orientations. As hypothesized, trainees who reported higher levels of death anxiety displayed a stronger preference for objective over subjective orientations, a relationship that was found in post-hoc analyses to be particularly salient for male trainees. These findings suggest that trainees' death anxiety, and their attempts to control it, could influence their choice of a theoretical orientation. Potential implications for training institutions are discussed.
本研究调查了治疗师-学员的死亡焦虑与他们对“客观”（即定量和理性）取向相对于“主观”（即经验和象征）取向偏好之间的关系。在这项相关性研究中，中西部专业心理学学校的 303 名临床心理学和咨询学员完成了评估他们对个人死亡恐惧和对心理治疗取向的超维度支持的工具。正如假设的那样，报告更高水平死亡焦虑的学员表现出对客观取向的偏好强于主观取向，事后分析表明，这种关系对男性学员尤为明显。这些发现表明，学员的死亡焦虑及其控制它的尝试可能会影响他们对理论取向的选择。讨论了对培训机构的潜在影响。
