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Frontiers in psychology, 2018
The military is experiencing high rates of mental illness, yet service members and veterans with ... more The military is experiencing high rates of mental illness, yet service members and veterans with mental health problems often choose not to seek treatment. Based on clinical-psychology models of client-therapist matching and cultural competency, we hypothesized that willingness to seek treatment among military personnel is higher when the potential psychotherapist is a discharged veteran. Seventy-seven military personnel (73% men, 70% White, = 34.2) took part in the study. As hypothesized, the majority of participants indicated that they would prefer to see a psychologist who is a veteran. When responding to vignettes, ratings of the psychotherapist's ability to understand the client (a soldier post-deployment), of his ability to help such a client, and of whether the client should seek treatment from this psychotherapist were higher when the psychotherapist was a veteran compared to when he had no military experience. There were no between-group differences in age, years of ser...
Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 1972
Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 1972
Explored the relationship between the motive for social approval and self-disclosure. The Marlowe... more Explored the relationship between the motive for social approval and self-disclosure. The Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scale (MCSD) was tested as a predictor of self-disclosure for institutionalized psychotic patients. It was anticipated that using the MCSD, would enable the prediction of self-disclosure, and that moderately high MCSD Ss would respond to group therapy with greater disclosure than extremely high Ss. 24 acute good premorbid adult males randomly divided into 4 groups served as Ss. Videotapes of the 4 were rated. A trichotomous division of MCSD scoring was found to allow more accurate prediction, and patients who were moderately approval dependent emitted more personal information than patients who were highly dependent.
Small Group Behavior, 1978
ABSTRACT People who have less prior knowledge of others in a group give more personal information... more ABSTRACT People who have less prior knowledge of others in a group give more personal information. In dyads low-prior knowers give and receive more personal statements than high-prior knowers. Therapists can support confiding personal information about his/her self. (MFD)
Frontiers in psychology, 2018
The military is experiencing high rates of mental illness, yet service members and veterans with ... more The military is experiencing high rates of mental illness, yet service members and veterans with mental health problems often choose not to seek treatment. Based on clinical-psychology models of client-therapist matching and cultural competency, we hypothesized that willingness to seek treatment among military personnel is higher when the potential psychotherapist is a discharged veteran. Seventy-seven military personnel (73% men, 70% White, = 34.2) took part in the study. As hypothesized, the majority of participants indicated that they would prefer to see a psychologist who is a veteran. When responding to vignettes, ratings of the psychotherapist's ability to understand the client (a soldier post-deployment), of his ability to help such a client, and of whether the client should seek treatment from this psychotherapist were higher when the psychotherapist was a veteran compared to when he had no military experience. There were no between-group differences in age, years of ser...
Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 1972
Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 1972
Explored the relationship between the motive for social approval and self-disclosure. The Marlowe... more Explored the relationship between the motive for social approval and self-disclosure. The Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scale (MCSD) was tested as a predictor of self-disclosure for institutionalized psychotic patients. It was anticipated that using the MCSD, would enable the prediction of self-disclosure, and that moderately high MCSD Ss would respond to group therapy with greater disclosure than extremely high Ss. 24 acute good premorbid adult males randomly divided into 4 groups served as Ss. Videotapes of the 4 were rated. A trichotomous division of MCSD scoring was found to allow more accurate prediction, and patients who were moderately approval dependent emitted more personal information than patients who were highly dependent.
Small Group Behavior, 1978
ABSTRACT People who have less prior knowledge of others in a group give more personal information... more ABSTRACT People who have less prior knowledge of others in a group give more personal information. In dyads low-prior knowers give and receive more personal statements than high-prior knowers. Therapists can support confiding personal information about his/her self. (MFD)