Therapists: Their Attitudes and Information About Women
- 23 June 1978
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 2 (4) , 299-313
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1978.tb00510.x
Abstract
The Therapists’ Information About Women Scale (TIWS) and Therapists’ Attitude Toward Women Scale (TAWS) are presented. Results from a sample of 184 therapists (social workers, psychiatrists, and psychologists) showed no significant differences among professions; however, women therapists were significantly better informed, more liberal, and less stereotyped in their attitudes. Information and attitudes were correlated.57. Though attitudes were more liberal than stereotyped, many therapists showed a lack of pertinent information and attitudes likely to conflict with those of their women patients.Keywords
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