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Publication Date: 1986
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Therapists' Attitudes as Explanations of Underservice of Elderly in Mental Health: Testing an Old Hypothesis.
Knight, Bob
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, v22 n4 p261-69 1985-86
Suggests that Likert ratings and semantic differentials differ in sensitivity to personal experience with the aged, that therapists had more positive beliefs about the elderly than did college students, and that therapist attitudes were not correlated with either proportion of elderly clients seen or desire to work with elderly. (Author/ABB)
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Language: English
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