Ford & Widiger Flashcards
what did ford and widiger?
biases in the diagnosis
what was the aim of the study?
to find out if clinicians were stereotyping genders when diagnosing disorders
what was the method used ?
self reports- practitioners given scenarios and they had to make a decision on info
what was the design?
independent
who were the participants ?
354 clinical psychologists from 1127 randomly selected from national register
what was the procedure ?
p/s randomly provided with 1 of 9 cases
a case of aspd or pd or equal balance of symptoms were given to both
what dis orders did psychologists have to rate on a scale out of 7?
dysthymic adjustment alcohol abuse cyclothymic disorder narcissistic histrionic passive aggressive antisocial borderline
what are the findings for sex un-specific cases?
were diagnosed with borderline personality disorder
what were the findings in relation to antisocial personality disorder?
correctly diagnosed 42 % of the time in males and 15% in females
females with aspd were misdiagnosed with histrionic personality disorder 46 % of time males only 15 % of time
how many times was hpd correctly diagnosed ?
76% of females and 44% of males
what is the conclusion?
practitioners are biased with stereotypical views of genders as there was clear tendencies to diagnose females hpd and to not diagnose males with hpd
