Do young people prefer older psychotherapists?

Eva-Marie Kessler (), Sophie Rahn () and Florian Klapproth ()
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Eva-Marie Kessler: MSB Medical School Berlin, Department of Psychology
Sophie Rahn: MSB Medical School Berlin, Department of Psychology
Florian Klapproth: MSB Medical School Berlin, Department of Psychology

European Journal of Ageing, 2020, vol. 17, issue 1, No 11, 119-124

Abstract: Abstract In times of demographic change, psychotherapists tend to stay longer in their jobs. Against the background of two contradictory age stereotypes (wise/generous versus senile/outdated old person), this analogue study investigates young adults’ preference for old over young psychotherapists, depending on presenting problem. In a within-subjects design, therapy-motivated young female participants (N = 79) received two kinds of hypothetical presenting problems, ‘universal problems’ (addressing fundamental questions of life virulent across the adult life span) and ‘young problems’ (life events that are developmentally close to and specific for young adulthood in today’s world). For each presenting problem, participants were presented with two naturalistic photographs of an old (55 + years) and a young (

Keywords: Age stereotypes; Psychotherapy; Patient preferences; Older workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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