General caseload rehabilitation practitioners were studied as to their attitude toward psychiatric rehabilitation. Attitude scores were related to ten independent variables, (nine demographic variables, as well as a measure of practitioner knowledge). Two instruments were developed. The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Attitude Survey (PRAS) quantified practitioner attitude toward psychiatric vocational rehabilitation. The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Knowledge Questionnaire (PRKQ) measured practitioner knowledge of psychiatric rehabilitation. The purpose of the study was to describe the current attitude of general caseload rehabilitation practitioners across ten independent variables. One demographic variable, “master's degree college major,” was found to be significantly related to attitudinal differences. The variables “practitioner years of experience” and “past college coursework in either psychopathology and/or abnormal psychology” showed a tendency toward significance. Age, level of education, gender, in-service training, job title, and perceived percentage of psychiatric cases on caseload were found not to be significantly related to attitudinal differences. Additionally, level of knowledge as measured by the PRKQ was not related to attitudinal differences, although methodological problems made this conclusion tentative, at best. Overall, the attitude of general caseload rehabilitation practitioners toward psychiatric rehabilitation was positive when a perfectly neutral score on the PRAS was used as a criterion.
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