title: The Democratic Values Scale and professional affiliation.
abstract: Therapists from four professional groups--nursing, psychiatry, psychology and social work--were compared on Lerner's Democratic Values Scale. Significant professional differences were found on this scale. The findings raise questions about the predictive power of this scale when a variety of mental health professionals are studied.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D009729:Nursing; D011570:Psychiatry; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011586:Psychology, Clinical; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education*; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric