Incidence of delayed stress disorder among Vietnam era veterans: the effect of priming on response set.
Recent studies concluded that a significant number of Vietnam era veterans suffer now from a service-related stress disorder. This paper suggests that a priming artifact may have operated in many such studies to confound an understanding of the nature and estimate of the disorder. Findings of a study designed to test the effect of priming on veterans' self-ratings support the hypothesis that veterans, particularly noncombat veterans, tend to rate themselves in a manner consistent with prior information provided by the testers.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D009329:Nebraska; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013240:Stereotyping; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam