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Consumer preferences for psychological report contents in a residential school and center for the mentally retarded
Author(s) -
Isett Robert,
Roszkowski Michael
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197907)16:3<402::aid-pits2310160317>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - psychology , mentally retarded , projective test , value (mathematics) , test (biology) , personality , center (category theory) , community center , social psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , chemistry , crystallography , paleontology , recreation , machine learning , computer science , political science , psychoanalysis , law , biology
The staff of a short‐term residential facility serving mentally retarded clients was surveyed regarding the “consumer” value of various content areas of psychological reports. The results indicate that the recommendations and social competency information are perceived to be the most important sections of the report, while projective test personality interpretation and IQ test results are considered to have the least value. The possible reasons for this are discussed in terms of the habilitative role of the newer, community‐based institutions.