Gerontological Counseling Grid: Making Judgments About Older Adults

Vacc, Nicholas A.

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6978.1987.tb00733.x

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“…Other researchers have taken the same approach in studying their areas of interest. For example, Vacc (1987) used a modified version of the repertory grid technique to study complexity about older adults, Walker and Spengler (1994) used a modified version of the RGT to study complexity about AIDS issues, and Gard (1993) used a modified RGT to study complexity about gender issues.…”

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A preliminary investigation of the role of differential complexity and response style in measuring attitudes toward people with disabilities.

Millington¹,

Strohmer²,

Reid³

et al. 1996

Rehabilitation Psychology

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This report investigated a potentially complex relationship between cognitive complexity and attitudes towards people with disabilities in a 3-part study using two undergraduate student samples. In Study 1 (n = 126), subjects' responses to the Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Scale (ATDP-O) were not significantly correlated with the Repertory Grid Test (RGT). This finding suggests no relationship between attitudes and a generic measure of cognitive complexity. In Study 2 (n = 57), subjects' responses to the ATDP-O were positively correlated with a disabilityspecific repertory grid technique. This finding suggests an inverse relationship between domain-specific cognitive complexity and positive attitudes. In Study 3, findings from Study 1 were reanalyzed. Subjects' responses to the ATDP-O were transformed using a repertory grid scoring technique; significant correlations were found between the tendency of subjects to respond redundantly and positive attitudes as measured by the ATDP-O, and the tendency to respond redundantly and lower cognitive complexity as measured by the RGT. These findings suggest that a large group of individuals who process information by focusing on differences, rather than similarities, may be inappropriately assessed by the ATDP, or other instruments that use a similar format in assessing attitudes.

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A preliminary investigation of the role of differential complexity and response style in measuring attitudes toward people with disabilities.

Millington¹,

Strohmer²,

Reid³

et al. 1996

Rehabilitation Psychology

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Counseling to Promote Retirement Adjustment

Jensen-Scott¹

1993

The Career Development Quart

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Older adults, who represent an increasing proportion of the population, face a major challenge in the adjustment to retirement. Nearly one third of older adults experience difficulty in making this adjustment (Atchley, 1975). Atehley's (1975) theory of adjustment to retirement and relevant empirical data are examined. It is argued that reactions to retirement are diverse and multifaceted. Specific counseling interventions and barriers to counseling older adults are suggested.

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