The (mis)treatment of men: Effects of client gender role and life-style on diagnosis and attribution of pathology.

Abstract

Practicing counselors and therapists (N=47) were randomly assigned to view one of two versions of a videotaped simulation of a depressed White male client, portrayed by a professional actor. The tapes were identical except for the client's occupational and family roles, which were portrayed as either gender-traditional or nontraditional. During specified pauses in the videotape, the therapists responded verbally as if they were conducting a counseling session with a client, and their reponses were recorded