An individual's sex and associated gender-role expectations exert a
primary influence on one's sense of self and nearly all the individual's
interpersonal relationships. The purpose of this research project is to
investigate how male counsellors experience the phenomenon of being a
man, relative to issues associated with his sex and gender-role expectations,
in the field of counselling. Because the emphasis is on the experience of
sex and gender-role issues for male counsellors a phenomenological
research method was chosen.
Seven male counsellors were interviewed. The investigator
conducted two interviews with each counsellor. The initial interview was
designed to elicit the person's experiences of the phenomenon of being a
male counsellor. After a preliminary analysis of this interview, a summary
was prepared and shared with the respondent during the follow up
interview. The purpose of this meeting was to verify the interpretation of
the previous interview and to offer the individual an opportunity to
supplement or modify his remarks.
The interviews were transcribed by the investigator and analyzed
using a method described by Karlsson (1993). The analysis of the data
yielded three general categories of experience. They were experiences
related to gender-role stereotyping, the experience of erotic feelings and the
experience of being a man in a field in which they are a minority. A fourth
category, which described the experience of the interviews, was included to
further illuminate the results.
for counsellor training, consultation The findings are discussed in light
of previous research and include suggestions and further research.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/9576 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Morgan, Charles P. |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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