Counselors' Attitudes Regarding Bisexuality as Predictors of Counselors' Clinical Responses: An Analogue Study of a Female Bisexual Client

Ninety-seven counselors read a fictitious intake report about a bisexual woman who was seeking counseling services for several psychological concerns. Counselors then rated the woman's psychological functioning and their own anticipated reactions to having the woman as a client. As the authors...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 2001-04, Vol.48 (2), p.212-222
Main Authors: Mohr, Jonathan J, Israel, Tania, Sedlacek, William E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Bias
Biological and medical sciences
Bisexuality
Bisexuals
Counseling
Counselling
Counsellors
Health staff related problems. Vocational training
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Women
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Summary:Ninety-seven counselors read a fictitious intake report about a bisexual woman who was seeking counseling services for several psychological concerns. Counselors then rated the woman's psychological functioning and their own anticipated reactions to having the woman as a client. As the authors hypothesized, counselors with the most negative attitudes regarding bisexuality were more likely than others to have negative reactions to the client, anticipate responding to the client in a biased and judgmental manner, believe the client had problems in areas related to bisexual stereotypes, and rate the client as having a low level of psychosocial functioning. Attitudes regarding bisexuality were significantly related to counselors' clinical judgments and reactions even after controlling for attitudes toward lesbians and gay men.
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.48.2.212