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Li-Repac; AIM
The aim was to compare the diagnoses of the white and Chinese-American therapists to white and Chinese male participants.
SHe hypothesized that therapists would generally agree on normality as they all had similar training.
Li-Repac; SAMPLE
Males; White and Chinese.
Li-Repac; PROCEDURE
3 of the C patients were diagnosed with schizophrenia, 1 with neurotic, and 1 with reactive depression.
2 of the W patients were diagnosed with schizophrenic, 1 neurotic, 1 character disorder, and 1 reactive depression.
The research carried out semi-structured interviews with each participant. These were videotaped. They were questions like, “How have you been feeling lately?” and "How does a typical day in your life look like?”.
Each clinician was asked to first describe the ideal, functioning individual using a 112-item test.
There was no significant difference in the scores,
They were randomly assigned a videotape to rate the normality. Each rater would rate 4 videos; 2 white 2 Chinese.
They were asked to fill in an inventory to describe both personality traits and signs of illness.
Li-Repac; RESULTS
The W tended to see signs of lower self-esteem in the C participants.
The C tended to see the W as more aggressive.
Li-Repac; WHAT DOES THIS SHOW
It shows clinical biases as there were cultural biases that came into play. The C-A raters found the W participants more aggressive, as they spoke more. However, like in their society you don’t really do thta so that’s why it stood out.
Well we can conclude that we should view and take this study in with caution. However, it does support the idea that there are cultural biases in diagnosing, and more research should be done to test the validity.
Li-Repac; EVALUATION