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Changing negative attributions to mental patients by means of demythologizing seminars
Author(s) -
Morrison James K.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197704)33:2<549::aid-jclp2270330246>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - attribution , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology
As compared with a group of matched controls, psychiatric clients exposed to demythologizing seminars made significant and positive changes in the qualities that they attributed to the mental patient. Implications of this study for further research were discussed.