Clinicians' judgments of female clients' causal attributions.
Presented clinical psychologists (N = 400) with statements of female client attributions for presenting problems with locus of causality varied. Clinicians' judgments of clients were investigated through their evaluations of the accuracy of these attributions. While clinician did not differ in estimate of accuracy based on whether attribution were internal or external, female clinicians were more likely than males to judge client attributions as accurate.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011586:Psychology, Clinical; D012917:Social Adjustment