The relationship of clients’ social class to early therapeutic impressions

Autor: Marilyn Ampuero, Susan Mao, Laura Smith, Seth Perkins
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Counselling Psychology Quarterly. 24:15-27
ISSN: 1469-3674
0951-5070
DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2011.558249
Popis: Using case vignettes that differed in the presentation of the client's social class, the influence of social class on therapeutic impressions was studied in the context of just-world beliefs. Results suggested that (1) participants with higher levels of belief in a just world saw poor and working-class clients as more unpleasant to work with and more dysfunctional and (2) working-class vignettes were associated with the lowest predictions of session depth and smoothness. The findings suggest that counselors may respond differently to clients based on their social class, and in a way that negatively predisposes them toward work with poor and working-class clients.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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