Differences in Psychologists' Ratings of Older and Younger Clients
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 27 (1) , 82-86
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/27.1.82
Abstract
Clinical psychologists were presented with clinical vignettes in which the ages of the clients varied. Respondents rated older depressed and older agoraphobic clients to be significantly less ideal than younger clients with identical symptoms and histories. Older depressed and manic clients also were given significantly poorer prognoses than younger clients. Older psychologists gave more favorable ratings on the idealness of older clients.Keywords
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