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Download full textPanek, Paul E.; And Others – 1981
Research has documented bias toward elderly clients by mental health professionals. To determine whether counselor trainees held similar biases against elderly clients, counseling (N=40) and non-counseling (N=25) graduate students were given an intake summary of a female client exhibiting symptoms of depression. The client's age was manipulated on…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bias, Chronological Age, Counselor Attitudes
