Ratings of client self-disclosure and improvement as a function of sex of client and therapist

✍ Scribed by Donald S. Strassberg; Kenneth N. Anchor

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 270 KB
• Volume: 33
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(197701)33:1+<239::aid-jclp2270330154>3.0.co;2-d

✦ Synopsis

This study examined the effects of client and therapist sex on client self-disclosure and improvement from individual psychotherapy. Based upon closing summary data collected at a college psychological counseling center, it was found that clients were more likely to be rated aa low disclosers by female than by male therapists. Males viewed more clients a s improved than did females (74% vs. 50%).