AUTHORITARIANISM AND THERAPIST PREFERENCE.

The article discusses authoritarianism in psychotherapy. The results support the hypothesis that the great majority of college students would state a preference for a therapist who is portrayed as a "Critic," and that subjects who depart from this position by favoring therapists described as "Nurturants" "Models" tend to be more authoritarian. The observed relationship between authoritarianism and therapist preference is more pronounced than is the relationship between degree of authoritarianism and attitude toward psychiatry.