| Abstract: | 116 new clients requesting services during one semester at a medium-sized university counseling center participated in a survey of preferences and anticipations about confidentiality of their client records. The survey asked Ss to rate the amount of information that they preferred and anticipated would be released by the psychotherapist under 13 request scenarios. Generally, Ss preferred less information to be released than they anticipated would be, but differences existed by scenario and recipient. Homogeneous clusters of Ss were identified who expressed unique anticipations and preferences about confidentiality. Some clusters of Ss preferred absolute confidentiality, but other clusters preferred broad release of their information. (26 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
