Walker Allyn, Butters Robert P, Nichols Erin
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
Sex Abuse. 2022 Feb;34(1):52-77. doi: 10.1177/1079063221993480. Epub 2021 Feb 13.
This study explores future mental health providers' assumptions about minor-attracted people, using data from a survey of 200 students preparing for entry into social service professions at a public university in the state of Utah. Survey results show that more than half of the students believe clients who identify themselves as pedophiles must be automatically reported to the police, which has implications for providers' understandings about the term "pedophile," as well as their knowledge of guidelines for when clinicians may break client confidentiality. This belief was not significantly affected by taking ethics courses, nor courses that discussed mandated reporting guidelines. Despite this finding, 91% of students did not believe that they would need to report a client who had attractions to children, but who had never committed a sexual offense against a child. The majority of students indicated a willingness to work with minor-attracted clients, and commonly indicated in comments that they wanted more information about MAPs and when to break client confidentiality in their programs of study. Study results indicate a need for education among social service students about these issues.
本研究利用对犹他州一所公立大学200名准备进入社会服务行业的学生进行的调查数据，探讨了未来心理健康服务提供者对有恋童癖倾向者的假设。调查结果显示，超过一半的学生认为，必须自动向警方报告自认为是恋童癖者的客户，这对服务提供者对“恋童癖者”一词的理解以及他们对临床医生何时可能违反客户保密准则的认识产生了影响。这种观念并没有因修读伦理学课程或讨论强制报告准则的课程而受到显著影响。尽管有这一发现，但91%的学生认为他们无需报告有恋童倾向但从未对儿童实施性犯罪的客户。大多数学生表示愿意为有恋童倾向的客户提供服务，并且在评论中普遍表示，他们希望在学习课程中获得更多关于有恋童癖倾向者以及何时打破客户保密原则的信息。研究结果表明，社会服务专业的学生需要接受关于这些问题的教育。
