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ERIC Number: EJ418285
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-8017
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Testing the Robustness of the Diagnostic Overshadowing Bias.
Spengler, Paul M.; And Others
American Journal on Mental Retardation, v95 n2 p204-14 Sep 1990
The diagnostic overshadowing bias (tendency for a diagnosis of mental retardation to overshadow a coexisting psychopathological disorder) was examined with 57 rehabilitation counselors. Diagnostic overshadowing was found with individuals with an intelligence quotient (IQ) of 58 but not with those having IQs of 70 to 80. Counselor experience with retarded individuals was associated with increased overshadowing. (DB)
Descriptors: Bias, Clinical Diagnosis, Counselor Attitudes, Emotional Disturbances, Experience, Handicap Identification, Mild Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Rehabilitation Counseling
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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