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Sexual Orientation, Treatment Preferences, and Appeal of LGB Affirmative Therapy

McCarrick, Shannon M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1439205568

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2015, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Clinical Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
This study 1) examined whether preferences for traditional psychotherapy treatments (i.e. cognitive behavior therapy [CBT], humanistic therapy [HT], psychodynamic therapy [PDT]) differed by sexual orientation (SO) and 2) investigated the appeal of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Affirmative Therapy (LGB-AT) for LGB individuals. Participants were 174 undergraduates from a large Midwestern university and Amazon Mechanical Turk survey-takers. Participants ranked their preferences for the traditional therapies after reading approximately 500-word therapy descriptions with parallel structures including: theory of psychological problems, goals, methods, and client/therapist roles. Heterosexual participants preferred both HT and CBT to PDT, whereas LGB participants most preferred HT. LGB participants completed a second ranking which included LGB-AT and the traditional treatments. Contrary to predictions, LGB participants did not prefer LGB-AT to any of the traditional treatments. The authors theorized that LGB-AT may homogenize sexual minorities’ experiences, rather than focusing on each individual’s unique experience. Practical implications and future directions are discussed.
Timothy Anderson, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Christine Gidycz, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Sarah Racine, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
70 p.
Clinical Psychology
treatment preferences; LGB; sexual orientation; affirmative therapy; humanistic therapy

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  • McCarrick, S. M. (2015). Sexual Orientation, Treatment Preferences, and Appeal of LGB Affirmative Therapy [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1439205568

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McCarrick, Shannon. Sexual Orientation, Treatment Preferences, and Appeal of LGB Affirmative Therapy. 2015. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1439205568.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McCarrick, Shannon. "Sexual Orientation, Treatment Preferences, and Appeal of LGB Affirmative Therapy." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1439205568

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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