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ERIC Number: EJ330945
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Impact of Religious Affiliation on Therapists' Judgments of Patients.
Lewis, Kathleen N.; Lewis, David A.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v53 n6 p926-32 Dec 1985
Investigated the effects of therapists' and patients' religious affiliation on therapists' attraction to, prognostic expectations of, and diagnosis of the patients. Results yielded no differences in therapists' attraction to or diagnosis of the religious versus nonreligious patient. The religious patient was seen as requiring fewer therapy sessions than the nonreligious patient. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselors, Religion
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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