Attitudes of future human service professionals: The effects of victim and helper qualities

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 457-475

  Liebkind, Karmela ^a   Eränen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Education; Ethnic background; Gender; Helper qualities; Trauma; Type of education; Victim qualities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 0039782288     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540109600565     Document Type: Article

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