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Should Psychotherapists Disclose Their Religion and Religiosity to Clients?

<p> Very little research has analyzed the conjunction of religion and self-disclosure. Following the previous research conducted by Gregory II, Pomerantz, Pettibone, and Segrist (2008), in which results showed that participants were more willing to seek treatment from a psychologist who identified with one of three major religions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism), as opposed to a psychologist who identified as an atheist, this study also aimed to focus on the impact of a therapist&rsquo;s religion on prospective clients. While remaining true to the previous study, this experiment not only looked to expose the client&rsquo;s preference towards therapists&rsquo; religion, it equally accounted for the degree of devotion to said religion influencing the client&rsquo;s choice of therapy. Results concluded that different from that of the Gregory et al., (2008) study, participants were just as willing to seek treatment from a psychologist who identified as atheist as they were from a psychologist who identified with one of the three major religions, regardless of participant religiosity or the religiosity of the therapist. Implications of these findings suggest that regardless of psychologists&rsquo; religion or religiosity, self-disclosure of such is of no significance.</p><p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10807788
Date12 June 2018
CreatorsMuzzarelli, Toni
PublisherSouthern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Source SetsProQuest.com
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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