Anticipatory ethical and policy decision making and community psychology

Tymchuk, Alexander J.

doi:10.1007/bf00931044

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“…Although ethical decision-making models have been created within other domains and incorporated within SPP practice, these models have not been validated for use within SPP. The use of a practicebased, ethical decision-making model within SPP would increase the likelihood that professionals will consider and understand relevant information, think through the information, ask appropriate questions, consider the benefits and drawbacks of potential options, and make informed decisions when faced with complex situations (Tymchuk, 1981). A third area of improvement within the future of SPP is practitioner self-care.…”

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Ethical and legal issues in sport and performance psychology.

Watson¹,

Etzel²

2019

APA Handbook of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Volume 1: Sport Psychology (Vol. 1).

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Sport and performance psychology (SPP) professionals and students involved in teaching, research, and practice face ethical quandaries and legal restrictions that affect their work on a daily basis . Practitioners, teachers, and researchers working in SPP encounter many work-related and personal challenges that are similar to those experienced by therapists and academics working in traditional settings (e.g., protection of information, attraction-repulsion, changing capabilities, impairment). However, sport psychology is a rapidly evolving profession that requires professionals to sometimes function in diverse settings and cultures compared with the domains in which more mainstream teaching, research, and mental health professionals work. More specifically, SPP professionals often work with unique clients in unique situations where they may face issues that make those settings different from traditional helping professionals who work in private offices for the 50-minute hour (Etzel & Watson, 2007). Because ethical considerations in exercise psychology are covered separately in Volume 2, Chapter 4 of this handbook, the present chapter addresses sport and performance psychology only.Athletes and other performers often have extraordinarily demanding schedules that revolve around practice, physical conditioning, competition, travel, social lives, family, and sometimes work and/or school. Accordingly, SPP professionals may be asked to attend practices and talk with clients on the sideline in plain view of others. SPP professionals may also be asked to travel with a team, which brings in many additional ethical considerations, such as sitting next to potential clients on buses and airplanes, being asked to room with coaches or medical staff, eating meals with team members and staffers, consulting with clients outside of the jurisdiction (e.g., a different state) in which one may or may not be licensed, perhaps interacting with the athletes' parents, and not having access to a traditional office for client meetings. Traveling with a team also brings up many additional considerations, such as the development of multiplerole relationships or clients who self-disclose in more public venues, such as during a team meal. Consultants may also have to deal with trust concerns if athletes are concerned about what they may communicate with coaches, particularly if the consultants are sharing a room with the coaches or sitting next to them on an airplane. Because of issues caused by travel, SPP professionals may also be forced to consult with clients in a gymnasium or fitness club, a restaurant, or a hotel lobby and may do so at any time during the day or night as well as before or after a workout, practice, or competition. The potential ethical considerations that come from working in an athletic setting are vast.The demanding schedules of high-level performers regularly make it difficult for them to meet with a

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Ethical and legal issues in sport and performance psychology.

Watson¹,

Etzel²

2019

APA Handbook of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Volume 1: Sport Psychology (Vol. 1).

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“…Although previous studies of ethical decision-making have been done or proposed (e.g., Jagim et al, 1978; Swoboda, 1978; Tymchuk, 1979), these explored what the psychologist would or would not do in response to a hypothetical situation and/or what aspects of the situation the psychologist would consider. They did not explore the underlying reasons for any decision made.…”

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The development of a code of ethics for Canadian psychologists.

Sinclair¹,

Poizner²,

Gilmour-Barrett³

et al. 1987

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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Over the past five years, the Canadian Psychological Association has been in the process of developing a new code of ethics for Canadian psychologists. Reasons for this effort are outlined, and the previously used American Psychological Association code is examined from the point of view of four main purposes of ethics codes: to help establish a group as a profession; to act as a support and guide to individual professionals; to help meet the responsibilities of being a profession; and to provide a statement of moral principle that helps the individual professional resolve ethical dilemmas. The objectives, methodology, and an outline of the new Canadian code are presented.

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“…The study of social ethics in the social sciences in general and in psychology in particular has not received as much attention as it probably should (O'Neill, 1989; Tymchuk, 1989; Warwick, 1980). This error of omission led to a narrow preoccupation with individual, as opposed to social ethics (For examples of this proclivity see APA, 1987; Cabot, 1926; Carroll, Schneider & Wesley, 1985; Clarke & Lawry, 1988).…”

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Empowerment in mainstream psychology: Legitimacy, obstacles, and possibilities.

Prilleltensky

1994

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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Hitherto, the concept of empowerment has been largely denied a place of prominence in both mainstream academic and applied psychology. It is argued that if this concept is to expand beyond the field of community psychology into more traditional areas of psychology, such as social, personality, clinical and school psychology, its moral and psychological foundations should be more clearly articulated. In order to advance this proposition, an integrativc conceptual model of empowerment is presented. Within this framework, the ethical and therapeutic legitimacy of empowering practices, obstacles for their inclusion in mainstream psychology, and possibilities for their future development are explored. Some of the benefits to be derived from the adoption of the concept of empowerment in academic and applied psychology are outlined.

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Anticipatory ethical and policy decision making and community psychology

Abstract: There & a need f o r anticipatory ethical deckdon making so that issues such as those discussed in O'Neill (1989) can be addressed proactively. There are a number o f advantages to adopting such a process, but it is clear that there are a number o f obstacles as well.

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Ethical and legal issues in sport and performance psychology.

Ethical and legal issues in sport and performance psychology.

The development of a code of ethics for Canadian psychologists.

Empowerment in mainstream psychology: Legitimacy, obstacles, and possibilities.

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