Psychologist veteran status as a predictor of veterans' willingness to engage in psychotherapy.

ABSTRACT: Many veterans experience difficulties with mental health and functioning, yet many do not seek treatment and dropout rates are high. A small body of literature suggests that veterans prefer to work with providers or peer support specialists who are also veterans. Research with trauma-exposed veterans suggests that some veterans prefer to work with female providers. In an experimental study with 414 veterans, we examined whether veterans' ratings of a psychologist (e.g., helpfulness, ability to understand the participant, likelihood of making an appointment) described in a vignette were impacted by the psychologist's veteran status and gender. Results indicated that veterans who read about a veteran psychologist rated the psychologist as more able to help and understand them, reported being

SUBMITTER: Yeterian JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10013398 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature