PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR THE ELDERLY: PSYCHOTHERAPISTS' PREFERENCES

PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR THE ELDERLY: PSYCHOTHERAPISTS' PREFERENCES

Psychotherapists' preference ratings indicate that they prefer to treat young clients over middle-aged clients and these over older clients. Preferences for treating older clients were related to the extent of the therapists' professional experience and knowledge of geriatric psychotherapy...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 1992, Vol.29 (4), p.668-674
Hauptverfasser: ZIVIAN, MARILYN T, LARSEN, WILLIAM, KNOX, V. JANE, GEKOSKI, WILLIAM L, HATCHETTE, VIRGINIA
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age Differences
Client Characteristics
Human
Personality Disorders
Preferences
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Psychotherapist Attitudes
Psychotherapists
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Zusammenfassung:Psychotherapists' preference ratings indicate that they prefer to treat young clients over middle-aged clients and these over older clients. Preferences for treating older clients were related to the extent of the therapists' professional experience and knowledge of geriatric psychotherapy, as opposed to therapeutic orientation or degree of personal contact with older adults. Overall, therapists' preferences for treating different clients appeared to be related to perception of prognoses for different client groups.
ISSN:0033-3204
1939-1536
DOI:10.1037/0033-3204.29.4.668