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Willingness of Graduate Students in Rehabilitation Counseling to Discuss Sexuality With Clients

Edgewood College, Madison,Wisconsin

Susan Miller Smedema

Florida State University,Tallahassee, smiller2{at}fsu.edu

Norman L. Berven

University of Wisconsin-Madison

The purpose of this study was to obtain a greater understanding of the willingness of graduate students in rehabilitation counseling to discuss sexuality with clients.This was done by testing a model of factors predicted to influence the willingness of rehabilitation counseling master’s students to discuss sexuality with clients, using path analysis.The results of this study suggest that sexuality knowledge, sexuality education, attitudes toward the sexuality of people with disabilities, and comfort with sexuality affect the willingness of rehabilitation counselors to discuss sexuality with clients, with sexuality knowledge and comfort with sexuality having direct effects on willingness. Understanding the relationships between these variables may facilitate the design of interventions that promote the willingness of rehabilitation counselors to discuss sexuality with clients.

Key Words: psychosocial aspects of disability(ies)

This version was published on October 1, 2009

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, Vol. 53, No. 1, 34-43 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0034355209340587


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