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Title: Disability and Sexuality: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Level of Comfort among Certified Rehabilitation Counselors
Language: English
Authors: Kazukauskas, Kelly A., Lam, Chow S.
Source: Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin. Oct 2010 54(1):15-25.
Availability: SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 11
Publication Date: 2010
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Measures (Individuals), Rehabilitation Counseling, Sexuality, Counselor Attitudes, Disabilities, Regression (Statistics), Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Training
DOI: 10.1177/0034355209348239
ISSN: 0034-3552
Abstract: This study investigated certified rehabilitation counselors' (CRCs) attitudes, knowledge, and comfort in addressing disability and sexuality issues. One hundred ninety-nine CRCs completed a modified version of the "Knowledge, Comfort, Approach and Attitudes toward Sexuality Scale" to determine the effect of knowledge and attitudes on level of comfort in addressing sexuality issues with consumers. Counseling and education-type comfort and comfort with sexual solicitations or discovering consumers in sexual situations (approach) were assessed separately. Participants demonstrated low discomfort on the education and counseling-related comfort scale (M = 1.84, SD = 0.82) and medium discomfort on the approach-related comfort scale (M = 2.78, SD = 0.96), positive attitudes (M = 1.53, SD = 0.74), and average knowledge (M = 2.40, SD = 0.842). Results of regression analyses indicated that 17% (R[superscript 2] = 0.172) of the variance on comfort and 19% (R[superscript 2] = 0.189) of the variance on approach could be accounted for by CRCs' knowledge and attitude, indicating that these were contributing to CRC comfort levels in addressing sexuality with consumers. Implications include the need for continued research concerning factors affecting CRC comfort in addressing sexuality-related issues with consumers, and the need for increased CRC education and training in sexuality and disability. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Number of References: 42
Entry Date: 2010
Accession Number: EJ898257
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