| Abstract: | Examined 58 rehabilitation psychology trainees' reactions to individuals who were varied in interpersonal behavior and physical stigma. According to traditional notions, graduate students in clinical and counseling psychology programs should differ from graduate students in a rehabilitation counseling program in their emotional and cognitive reactions to persons with physical disabilities. Alternatively, interpersonal models of depression suggest that all trainees should have more pronounced emotional reactions and different cognitive expectations of a person who displays depressive behavior. Affective reactions and clinical impressions of Ss were moderated neither by the nature of their training nor by the presence of physical stigma. Trainees reported more feelings of sadness after seeing the depressed targets, and also reported more negative expectations of these persons in counseling. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
