Citation

Artkoski T, Saarnio PK. J. Addict. 2013; 2013: 591521.

Affiliation

School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 33014 University of Tampere, Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2013/591521

PMID

24826364

PMCID

PMC4008091

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of therapist's gender and gender roles on attitudes toward clients. Attitudes toward motivational interviewing were also a focus as MI can be hypothesized to be feminine rather than masculine in nature. The subjects (N = 246) were Finnish substance abuse therapists. Their attitudes toward clients were measured using a vignette task.

RESULTS indicated that female therapists were significantly more positive toward clients than were male therapists. Although females were significantly more feminine than males, they saw themselves as masculine as the males did. The more feminine the therapist was, the more s/he preferred MI. In the future, an examination of this kind should be combined with measurement of treatment processes and outcomes.

Language: en