Clinical Judgmental Biases: The Moderating Roles of Counselor Cognitive Complexity and Counselor Client Preferences.

Spengler, Paul M.; Strohmer, Douglas C.

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ERIC Number: EJ477143

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Clinical Judgmental Biases: The Moderating Roles of Counselor Cognitive Complexity and Counselor Client Preferences.

Spengler, Paul M.; Strohmer, Douglas C.

Journal of Counseling Psychology, v41 n1 p8-17 Jan 1994

Study of 119 counseling psychologists revealed that counselor individual differences in cognitive complexity, but not preferences for client problems, moderated cognitive processes that lead to bias in clinical judgment. Counseling psychologists with lower cognitive complexity were more likely to form biased clinical judgments than were those with higher cognitive complexity. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Bias, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Counselor Characteristics, Individual Differences, Psychological Evaluation

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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