Influence of virtue ethics on counselling morale application among counselling interns

• Main Authors: Ghazali, Nor Mazlina, Mustafa, Nor Aisha, Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki, Anuar, Azzahrah, Lee, May Fern
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysia Association of Research and Education for Educators 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59380/1/Influence%20of%20virtue%20ethics%20on%20counselling%20morale%20application%20among%20counselling%20interns.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59380/; http://www.masree.info/journal/irjes/special-issue-2017/special-issue-2017-english/

The nature of virtue ethics is important in counselling process. The investigation on the virtue ethics (benevolence and respectfulness) involves counselling morale application among trainee counsellors. The purposes of the research include: (i) to investigate the relationship between the “benevolence” and cultural awareness of the trainee counsellors, (ii) to investigate the relationship between the “respectfulness” and cultural awareness of the trainee counsellors, (iii) to investigate the relationship between the cultural awareness and morale application among trainee counsellors, (iv) to investigate the use of “benevolence” in the morale application among trainee counsellors, and (v) to investigate the use of “respectfulness” in the morale application among trainee counsellors. The instruments used to measure the variables in the study are the Schwartz Value Survey (SVS), Multicultural Attitude Scale (MAS), and Vision of Morality Scale (VMS). Findings have shown that the virtue ethics (benevolence and respectfulness) had influences on the counselling morale application. In summary, the virtue ethics is essential for counsellor’s decision making in the counselling process.