To find out if clinicians were stereotyping genders when diagnosing disorders.
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What was the methodology used?
A self-report. Health practitioners were given scenarios and asked to make diagnoses based on the information.
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What was the independent variable and the dependent variable?
The independent variable was the gender of the patient in the case study and the dependent variable was the diagnosis made by the clinician.
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Who were the participants in Ford and Widiger's study?
354 clinical psychologists from 1127 randomly selected from the National Register.
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Describe the mean experience and how many replied
Mean age of 15.6 years clinical experience. 266 psychologists responded to the case histories.
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Describe the design used for Ford and Widiger's study
Independent design as each participant was given a male, female or sex-unspecified case.
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Explain the procedure
Participants were randomly provided with 1 of 9 case histories. Case studies of patients with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) or histronic personality disorder (HPD) or an equal balance of symptoms from both were given to each therapist.
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How were the therapists asked to diagnose the illness?
Asked to diagnose illness in each study by rating on a 7 point scale, the extent to which the patient appeared to have each of the disorders.
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