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| | Dual Relationships -- Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers |
 | | First, five national studies of psychologists have focused on sexualized dual relationships--that is, sexual relationships between psychologists, as teachers or as psychotherapists, and their students or clients (Glaser and Thorpe, 1986; Holroyd and Brodsky, 1977; Pope, Keith-Spiegel, and Tabachnick, 1986; Pope, Levenson, and Schover, 1979; Robinson and Reid, 1985). |
 | | Although psychologists tended to engage with greater frequency in incidental involvements, there was no significant difference among the professions in terms of (a) sexual involvements with clients before or after termination of therapy, (b) nonsexual dual professional roles, (c) social involvements, or (d) financial involvements with patients. |
 | | First, the significant gender difference (i.e., a greater proportion of male than of female psychologists) that characterizes sexualized dual relationships conducted by both therapists and educators (teachers, clinical supervisors, and administrators) also characterizes nonsexual dual relationships conducted by therapists in the areas of social/financial involvements and dual professional roles. |
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