Attitudes accentuate attributes in social judgment: The combined effects of substance use, depression, and technical incompetence on judgments of professional impairment

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-201

  Beckstead, Jason W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accentuation; Attributes; Nurses; Professional impairment; Social judgments

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NURSING; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0038653439     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540309598439     Document Type: Article

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