Alternative Lifestyle Clients: Therapists' Attitudes and Clinical Experiences.

Hymer, Sharon M.; Rubin, Arline M.

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ERIC Number: EJ274028

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982

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Alternative Lifestyle Clients: Therapists' Attitudes and Clinical Experiences.

Hymer, Sharon M.; Rubin, Arline M.

Small Group Behavior, v13 n4 p532-41 Fall 1982

Examined therapists' attitudes and fantasies toward clients involved in extramarital sex, sexually open marriages, and swinging. Therapists (N=57) responded to a 17-item questionnaire. The prediction that therapists would have more negative then positive attitudes toward alternative lifestyle clients was supported. (RC)

Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship, Life Style, Marriage, Negative Attitudes, Sex Differences, Sexuality

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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