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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2010 Nov;39(6):885–896. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2010.517169

Table 3.

Demographic, Professional, and Practice Characteristics as Predictors of Attitudes

Benefit Over Clinical Judgment Psychometric Quality Practicality

Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
Predictor variable B R2 B B R2 B B R2 B
Demographic Characteristics
 Age (in units of 10) .01 .00 −.01 −.00 .00 −.00 .04 .00 .01
 Gender (female = 1) −.09 .00 −.08 −.05 .00 −.00 −.12* .01 −.06
 Ethnicity (minority = 1) −.07 .00 −.06 −.05 .00 −.08 −.17* .01 −.14

Professional Characteristics
 Highest Degree (doctoral = 1) .17* .02 .15 .25* .06 .12 .31* .08 .22*
 Professional Discipline .05 .09 .14
  Psychologist (1) vs Psychiatrist (0) .36* .47* .19* .24* .42* .45*
  Psychologist (1) vs MFT (0) .35* .27* .39* .31* .44* .30*
  Psychologist (1) vs Social Worker (0) .32* .26* .35* .29* .53* .37*
  Psychologist (1) vs Counselor (0) .26* .16 .30* .22* .43* .25*
  Psychiatrist (1) vs MFT (0) −.02 −.21 .20* .08 .02 −.15
  Psychiatrist (1) vs Social Worker (0) −.04 −.21 .16* .05 .10 −.081
  Psychiatrist (1) vs Counselor (0) −.10 −.31* .11 .02 .01 .20
  MFT (1) vs Social Worker (0) −.03 −.01 −.04 −.03 .09 . 07
  MFT (1) vs Counselor (0) −.09 −.11 −.09 −.10 −.01 −.05
  Counselor (1) vs Social Worker (0) .06 .10 .05 .07 .10 .12

Practice Characteristics
 Private practice (1) vs other settings (0) −.12 .01 −.17* −.09 .01 −.13* .01 .0 −.01
 Low income caseload (> 25% = 1) .08 .00 .10 −.00 .00 .00 −.07 .00 .04
 Ethnic minority caseload (> 25% = 1) .03 .00 −.01 .04 .00 .03 −.03 .00 .01
*

p < .001