Responses of 111 doctoral clinical psychology students to Garfield and Kurtz' (1973) Testing Attitude Scale were subjected to a 2 x 2 factorial analysis. Attitudes toward psychodiagnostic testing were found to be related both to academic versus nonacademic professional expectations (academics scoring more negatively, M = 32.69, than nonacademics, M = 37.19), F (1, 107) = 5.994, p < 0.016, and to internship training exposure (non-interns scoring more negatively, M = 34.64, than interns, M = 38.80), F (1, 107) = 10.321, p< 0.002. Results paralleled previous research on academic and nonacademic working psychologists' attitudes. Similarities in students' and role models' attitudes were discussed in terms of Kelman's (1953; 1958), Festinger's (1957), and Bem's (1970) attitude theories. Results seemed to imply continued controversy over both the desirability of producing psychodiagnostically oriented clinicians, and also traditional paradigms of psychodiagnostic training.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504409 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Steele, J. Richard |
| Contributors | Schneider, Lawrence J., Kooker, Earl W., Black, Charles J., Jr. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iii, 49 leaves, Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton, 1976 |
| Rights | Public, Steele, J. Richard, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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