Attitudes of psychologists toward experimenter controls in research.

One hundred and twenty psychologists responded to a questionnaire concerning attitudes toward experimenter bias and related issues. Most respondents felt the area to be of considerable importance and that many facets of research appear to lack adequate experimenter-related controls. These controls and concerns are slow to appear in professional journals. Psychologists in perception, physiological, or animal research were much less concerned with the area and its implications than those in social, clinical, or personality areas. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes of academic and applied clinical psychologists toward training issues: 1969–1984.

Assessed the attitudes of 379 applied and 207 academic clinical psychologists toward key training issues and compared the current (1984) attitudes with those that were held at earlier (1969) surveys conducted by the 1st author and D. R. Ewing (see PA, Vols 44:18793 and 51:1172). Attitudes toward 10 programs for training clinical psychologists and ratings of various clinical psychology activity areas are presented. Findings reveal that more 1984 than 1969 Ss supported training in psychotherapy and diagnosis and expected to be useful. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes of clinical psychologists toward involuntary civil commitment law.

Presents results from a recent national survey of the attitudes of 316 clinical psychologists toward involuntary civil commitment and a comparison of these results with trends in the law. Clinical psychologists generally, although not completely, supported the current trends toward more concern with the rights of individuals undergoing commitment. Survey results and problems concerning standards for commitment, the right to treatment, and the right to refuse treatment are discussed. (11 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes of academic clinical psychologists toward projective techniques: 1968–1983.

Replicated a survey by the 3rd author et al (see record 1968-18843-001) concerning the attitudes of academic clinical faculty toward projective techniques. The questionnaire was completed by 153 faculty in American Psychological Association (APA)-approved programs in clinical psychology. As was found in the 1968 survey, many Ss supported instruction in projectives, but they held generally negative attitudes toward projectives. More of the 1983 Ss than the 1968 Ss expressed negative attitudes toward specific projectives such as the Rorschach. Negative attitudes toward projectives were particularly prominent among the younger Ss in the 1983 survey. (14 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

HIV/AIDS training and continuing education for psychologists.

The HIV infection and AIDS pandemic presents professional disciplines, including psychology, with unique challenges. The authors review the literature on education concerning HIV/AIDS in doctoral psychology programs, internships, and continuing education efforts in psychology and other disciplines. Recommendations are offered regarding the process and content of continuing education for psychologists regarding HIV and AIDS. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes of internship directors toward preinternship training and clinical training models.

A survey of 179 internship directors revealed considerable dissatisfaction concerning university preparation in clinical skills. Interns are seen by many as not well prepared in assessment or psychotherapeutic activities, and university training in these areas frequently failed to improve over 3 yrs. Nevertheless, there was little sentiment to abandon the scientist/practitioner training model in favor of either university-based PsyD programs or free-standing professional schools. (17 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes of management undergraduates toward persons with disabilities: A need for change.

Objective: To examine attitudes toward persons with disabilities of management undergraduates who will be the next generation of professionals and managers hiring and working with employees or clients with disabilities. Participants: A convenience sample of 231 volunteer management undergraduates (129 men and 102 women) ranging in age from 19 to 51 years (M?=?22.89, SD?=?4.43) from 7 human resource management and organizational behavior management classes in a small western Canadian university. Main Outcome Measures: L. Gething's (1991) Interaction With Disabled Persons Scale (IDP) along with openended questions and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (D. P. Crowne & D. Marlowe, 1960). Results: This Canadian sample expressed a complex set of positive and negative attitudes toward persons with disabilities. Conclusions: There is a need to sensitize management undergraduates to issues regarding employment of people with disabilities. Recommendations are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes of Oregon psychologists toward physician-assisted suicide and the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.

Since the passage of the Oregon Death With Dignity Act (ODDA), psychologists have been grappling with how to fulfill their legally specified role in the process of physician-assisted suicide. We surveyed 423 Oregon psychologists (aged 31–76 yrs) to elicit their views on assisted suicide and the process of assessing patients who request such assistance. There was a high degree of support for assisted suicide and the ODDA, but also a minority who were highly opposed. Most survey respondents raised ethical or practical concerns with their role as assessors. Many important questions about how evaluations in this complex area should be conducted remain unanswered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes toward training in diagnostic testing: A survey of directors of internship training.

Reports responses to a questionnaire secured from 80 approved internship centers on various aspects of training in diagnostic testing. While there was some variation from center to center, a majority believed that university training was inadequate, and a number of them perceived the university as instilling an overly critical attitude toward diagnostic testing in their students. The techniques emphasized in internship training are presented, and the implications of the differences in emphases between academic and field settings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Perceptions of nonclinical psychologists toward clinical psychology and clinical psychologists.

Surveyed psychologists outside the clinical realm to ascertain their views on the efficacy of psychotherapy, as well as their views on clinical psychologists. Surveys were mailed to 300 nonclinical psychologists randomly chosen from the American Psychological Association Directory. Results of 109 usable surveys suggest that although the majority had a positive view of clinical psychology, a substantial minority either were uncertain or disagreed that therapy was effective. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Crisis in training pediatric psychologists.

Examines the shortage in the US of personnel who are trained in child mental health care that results in underservice to children, youth, and families. Doctoral programs offering specialty training are in short supply, as are pediatric psychology training programs. In addition, many clinical psychology programs are ill-equipped to offer curriculae for the development of skills and knowledge bases required by child psychologists. It is concluded that a training conference is needed to communicate the issues involved in this mental health provider crisis if children are to have access to psychological services. (19 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes of psychotherapists toward the 1970 APA standards for psychotherapy training.

518 members of the American Psychological Association, Division 29, were sent a questionnaire asking them to review each of the recommendations of the Psychotherapy Curriculum and Consultation Committee on Psychotherapy Training. Recommendations were evaluated along 3 dimensions: (a) the extent to which these recommendations were present in doctoral training, (b) the extent to which the recommendations were considered to facilitate therapeutic competence, and (c) whether the respondents would include the recommendations in an ideal psychotherapy training program. Half of the Ss indicated that the recommendations were prevalent in their training. A majority found that the recommendations facilitated competence and would include them in ideal training. An important implication of the study is that even though all the recommendations are not prevalent in clinical psychology graduate programs, Ss think they ought to be. (11 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Undergraduate training for psychologists.

"The chairmen of the psychology departments of the 167 institutions listed in the December 1956 issue of the American Psychologist as offering graduate work in psychology were surveyed as to their opinions regarding an ideal undergraduate curriculum for prospective graduate students. One hundred and forty-nine (89%) of the questionnaires were returned… . A large majority of the chairmen (85%) agreed that the best undergraduate major would be psychology." Biological science and mathematics were listed most frequently as the best minor. Tables are presented of the preferred undergraduate nonpsychology courses for graduate training applicants and preferred undergraduate psychology courses for graduate training applicants. The preferred nonpsychology courses listed by at least 70% of all the chairmen were algebra, anthropology, physics, physiology, and sociology. Preferred psychology courses were beginning statistics and experimental psychology (indicated by 96% and 95% of the chairmen, respectively). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes toward disabled persons as a function of social context and specific disability.

191 nondisabled 18–64 yr olds completed the Disability Social Relationship Scale, which includes social situation subscales of Work, Dating, and Marriage, and disability subscales of Amputee, Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy, and Blind. Results reveal significant differences across social situations and among specific disabilities, as well as a significant interaction between social situation and disability. Thus, situational context affects attitudes toward disabled persons. (26 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychological consultation to persons with AIDS.

Consultation to persons concerned about or infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or who have developed the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is relatively new to psychologists. This article is an introductory overview to assist psychologists in understanding the infection, to reflect on any personal biases that may impede successful rendering of care, to understand some psychological responses by patients that are common to various stages of the illness, and to recognize potential clashes of complex individual and societal issues, in order to provide more informed consultation and psychological interventions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

School psychologists and the AIDS epidemic.

Provides an overview of what is known about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), AIDS transmissibility, and the modes of transmission. Current and projected incidence rates are reported along with a focus on pediatric AIDS and AIDS in adolescents. The impact of the AIDS epidemic on the nation's school systems and the importance of AIDS education in altering the course of the epidemic are described. The opportunity and responsibility for school psychologists to assume a position of leadership in this crisis and possible psychoeducational interventions and research topics are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes toward animal research.

263 university students completed a questionnaire about animal research, to assess the impression created by animal rights activists that there is a growing opposition in this country to the use of animals for research. Data show that most Ss were concerned about pain and suffering in animals but the majority appreciated and supported the need for using animals in research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Attitudes toward animal research.

Comments on the articles of S. Plous (see records 84-09797 and 84-20622) on attitudes toward the use of animals in psychological research. The present author attempts to dispel the common belief that "might is right." It is argued in response to other comments on Plous's article that concern for other people seems to go hand in hand with concern for oppressed groups and, hence, for animals as well. In addition, it is suggested in response to the argument that animals are useful to the extent that they resemble humans, psychologically or physiologically, that the very assumption that animals are like humans makes it hard to legitimize why we do to them that which we would not do to humans. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Assertion training with handicapped persons.

Investigated the effects of assertion training in 9 handicapped college students and 5 handicapped discharged rehabilitative medicare outpatients. Ss were matched on self-reported assertiveness and were assigned to 1 of 2 groups: (a) treatment Ss who received assertion training, and (b) waiting-list-control Ss who received no treatment for 5 wks and then received assertion training. Behavioral role playing, self-report, and activity budget pre- and posttest measures revealed that assertion-training Ss reported significantly greater gains in assertive behavior and showed greater improvement in performance on 7 criterion measures than did control Ss. 18 criterion measures did not show any differences between treatment and control groups. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)