scholarly journals Does Client-Therapist Gender Matching Influence Therapy Course or Outcome in Psychotherapy?

2016 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Therapist Gender ◽  
Gender Matching

Effect of Client-Therapist Gender Match on the Therapeutic Relationship: An Exploratory Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 565-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuldhir S. Bhati
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Male Client ◽  
Female Therapist ◽  
Naturalistic Setting ◽  
Therapist Gender ◽  
Male Therapist ◽  
Female Effect ◽  
Gender Matching ◽  
Female Therapists

Matching clients and counselors on the basis of heuristics, such as gender, is common in clinical practice. Considerable research has examined the effect of gender matching on the therapeutic alliance with equivocal results. Researchers have offered various hypotheses to explain these findings without consensus. This study sought to examine gender matching in a naturalistic setting and proposed that gender matching varies in importance depending upon the stage of the therapeutic relationship. It was hypothesized that gender matching affects the therapeutic alliance initially and then becomes less important as other factors come into play. Results did not support the hypothesis but showed a general “female effect.” Across all stages of therapy, female clients matched with female therapists reported therapeutic alliance ratings higher than dyads with a male therapist. Dyads with a female therapist and male client also reported alliance higher than male gender matched dyads. Implications of these results, limitations, and future directions are discussed.

scholarly journals Improving Data Quality with Sociodemographic Matching?: About the Effects and Implications of Age and Gender Matching in Face-to-Face Interviews

2021 ◽  
pp. 193672442199825
Author(s):  
Felix Bittmann
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Item Nonresponse ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
And Gender ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Gender Matching

According to the theory of liking, data quality might be improved in face-to-face survey settings when there is a high degree of similarity between respondents and interviewers, for example, with regard to gender or age. Using two rounds of European Social Survey data from 25 countries including more than 70,000 respondents, this concept is tested for the dependent variables amount of item nonresponse, reluctance to answer, and the probability that a third adult person is interfering with the interview. The match between respondents and interviewers is operationalized using the variables age and gender and their statistical interactions to analyze how this relates to the outcomes. While previous studies can be corroborated, overall effect sizes are small. In general, item nonresponse is lower when a male interviewer is conducting the interview. For reluctance, there are no matching effects at all. Regarding the presence of other adults, only female respondents profit from a gender match, while age is without any effect. The results indicate that future surveys should weigh the costs and benefits of sociodemographic matching as advantages are probably small.

scholarly journals The effect of dentist gender on the anxiety level of visiting children

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Mona Jahangiri ◽  
Atefe Ferdosipour
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Random Selection ◽  
Mental Condition ◽  
Keywords Children ◽  
Therapist Gender ◽  
The Common ◽  
Children’S Anxiety ◽  
Female Therapists ◽  
Anxiety And Fear ◽  
Selection Of

Anxiety and fear of dentistry are some of the common topics among most children. The purpose of this study is to survey the effect of therapist gender on the anxiety of children. Due to considerable hypotheses and questions in this study, the t-dependent method is used to reach results. Zung questionnaire was used for the assessment of children's anxiety to 8 years old age, which was included 20 questions that considered a physical and mental condition of anxiety, which is based on the spectrum scales of not being, low, medium, and high. The statistical community consisted of 60 people obtained through a random selection of samples. The results arising from this study showed that children have more cooperation and calmness with female therapists, and their anxiety is less than the children who were treated by male therapists. Keywords:  Children anxiety, therapist, gender, visiting children, dentistry  

Abstract 5852: The Impact of Donor-Recipient Gender Pairing On Survival Following Orthotopic Heart Transplantation - An Analysis Of Over 18,000 Matches

Circulation ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 118 (suppl_18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric S Weiss ◽  
Nishant D Patel ◽  
Stuart D Russell ◽  
William A Baumgartner ◽  
Ashish S Shah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Orthotopic Heart Transplantation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cumulative Mortality ◽  
Kaplan Meier ◽  
Male Donor ◽  
Female Donor ◽  
Gender Pairing ◽  
One Year ◽  
Gender Matching

Introduction : Single institution series have suggested that donor-recipient gender matching may be an important factor influencing survival following orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database provides a unique and novel opportunity to address this issue by examining outcomes based on gender pairing for a large cohort of OHT patients. Methods : We retrospectively reviewed the UNOS dataset to identify 18,240 patients receiving first time OHT between the years 1998 and 2007. Stratification was by both donor and recipient gender so that 4 separate groups were created (male donor with male recipient, female donor with male recipient, male donor with female recipient, and female donor with female recipient). The primary endpoint of all cause mortality was compared between groups using a Cox proportional hazard regression model. Secondary outcomes (thirty day and one year mortality and rejection during the first year) were examined with multiple logistic regression. Post transplant survival was modeled via the Kaplan Meier method. Results : Of 18,240 patients, 12,951 (71%) were matched by gender to their donor (77% for male recipients, n= 10,750 and 51% for female recipients n= 2,201). A total of 4,543 patients died during the study period (25%). Donor-recipient gender matching resulted in a reduction in the risk of adjusted cumulative mortality (Hz ratio 0.86 [0.78–0.95], p= 0.003) and the greatest risk for cumulative mortality occurred when pairing a male donor with a female recipient (Hz ratio 1.2 [1.04–1.37], p= 0.01). Thirty day and one year mortality were also significantly decreased by gender pairing (OR 0.75 [0.61–0.95], p= 0.02 for 30 day mortality, and OR 0.8 [0.68–0.93], p= 0.005 for one year mortality). Gender pairing resulted in a 13% decrease in the risk of graft rejection within the first year (OR 0.87 [0.79–0.98], p= 0.02]. Kaplan Meier survival modeling revealed that the greatest cumulative survival occurred when a male recipient received an organ from a male donor (Figure) Conclusions : The UNOS dataset has provided a large sample examining donor recipient gender pairing in OHT. Recipients who receive organs for same sex donors have significantly improved short and long term survival.

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