The Connection between the Schwartz Theory of Basic Values and Ethical Principles in Clinical Psychology

STŘÍTESKÝ, Matěj. The Connection between the Schwartz Theory of Basic Values and Ethical Principles in Clinical Psychology. In International Conference on Cultural Traditions and Ethical Issues. 2021.

Basic information

• Original name: The Connection between the Schwartz Theory of Basic Values and Ethical Principles in Clinical Psychology
• Authors: STŘÍTESKÝ, Matěj.
• Edition: International Conference on Cultural Traditions and Ethical Issues, 2021.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: 50102 Psychology, special
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: odkaz na konferenční abstrakt
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: Clinical Psychology, ethically problematic situations in clinical psychology, ethical principles in psychology, Schwartz theory of basic values

Abstract

The research deals with the connection between the Schwartz Theory of Basic Values and the ethical principles in psychology, on which the meta-code of ethics the European Federation of Psychological Associations is based. The research focuses on ethically problematic situations in clinical psychology in the Czech Republic. Based on the analysis of papers that identified ethically problematic situations faced by clinical psychologists, a questionnaire of ethically problematic situations in clinical psychology (EPSCP) was created for the purposes of the research. The questionnaire was created to represent situations that correspond to the 4 principles on which the meta-code of ethics the European Federation of Psychological Associations is based. The questionnaire EPSCP consists of descriptions of 32 situations that respondents evaluate on a scale from 1 (psychologist's behaviour is ethically perfectly fine) to 10 (psychologist's behaviour is ethically completely unacceptable). The EPSCP questionnaire, together with Schwartz's PVQ questionnaire, will be presented to 60 psychology students. The relationship between principles in clinical psychology and the values on Schwartz´s value continuum will be described using multidimensional scaling. A positive correlation is assumed between the higher-order value of openness to change and problematic ethical situations related to the principle of integrity; a positive correlation between the value of the higher order of self-transcendence and the principle of respect and responsibility; a positive correlation between the value of the higher order of conservation and the principle of competence; and negative correlation between the value of the higher order of ego strengthening and sensitivity to ethically problematic situations. The research also includes an experimental part. The first half of the students are presented with the code of ethics of the Czech Association of Clinical Psychologists before completing the questionnaires, and to the second half of the students is the code of ethics presented after completing the questionnaires. In addition to reading the code of ethics, students describe the three rules of the code of ethics that they consider most important and state why they chose these rules. The output of the experimental part will be to determine whether the presentation of the code of ethics leads to greater sensitivity to ethically problematic situations.