Gerald P Koocher
Biographic Data
| ID | 1660713 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald P Koocher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald P |
| FAMILY NAME | Koocher |
| SIGNATURE | KOOCHER G P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2445-3202 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Psychometric Properties of the Death Anxiety Scale-Extended among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of Death Anxiety Scale-Extended (DAS-E). A total of 507 patients with end-stage renal disease completed the DAS-E. The factor structure of the scale was evaluated using exploratory factor analysis with an oblique rotation and confirmatory factor analysis. The content and construct validity of the DAS-E were assessed. Average variance extracted, maximum shared squared…
Psychotic, Homicidal, and Armed: An Ethics Casebook From the Files of Experts
This case describes the balance between personal safety and the effectiveness of treatment in a combat environment. The chapter presents a discussion of the key ethical issues, a summary of the primary ethical conundrums prevalent in the work setting, and a final reflection in retrospect regarding how the ethical quandary was handled.
Ethical Issues in Psychological Assessment
In attempting to address the myriad issues that challenge psychologists undertaking to conduct assessments in the most ethically appropriate manner, it is helpful to think in terms of the prepositions before, during, and after. Some ethical considerations are best addressed before the assessment is begun; others come into play as the data are collected and analyzed; and still other ethical issues crop up after the actual assessment is completed. …
Ethical Conundrums, Quandaries and Predicaments in Mental Health Practice (DRAFT): A Casebook from the Files of Experts
Twenty-first century ethical challenges for psychology
Foreseeable social and technological changes will force us to reevaluate our thinking about ethically appropriate ways to fulfill our mission of using psychology to advance human health and welfare in the twenty-first century. Three categories of challenge related to societal and technological changes have become particularly evident. First, increasing patterns of delivering services over substantial distances by electronic means (i.e., telepsych…
What Scientists Want from Their Research Ethics Committee
Whereas investigators have directed considerable criticism against Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), the desirable characteristics of IRBs have not previously been empirically determined. A sample of 886 experienced biomedical and social and behavioral scientists rated 45 descriptors of IRB actions and functions as to their importance. Predictions derived from organizational justice research findings in other work settings were generally borne …
Treasurer's report
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The APA 1998 Annual Report
Report of the Treasurer, 1995: Psychology's public image
Report of the Treasurer, 1995: Psychology's public image
Psychological science and the use of anatomically detailed dolls in child sexual-abuse assessments
Many devices are used in child assessment and treatment as communication aids, projective tools, and symbolic means of interaction. None are as hotly debated in their application among mental health professionals as dolls with genital details. Anatomically detailed (AD) dolls are often used in sexual-abuse evaluation and treatment with children, but such applications are controversial. This article is the product of a working group formed to revi…
Confidentiality in psychological practice
Confidentiality has long been a cornerstone of trust in the professional relationship between psychologists and their clients. Developments in computer technology, litigation, insurance reimbursement schemes, and changing lifestyles are forcing psychologists to reconsider and refine their approach to respecting this important ethical principle. This article review basic concepts on the matter, and discusses these in light of evolving issues in pr…
Psychological science and the use of anatomically detailed dolls in child sexual-abuse assessments
APA and the FTC: New adventures in consumer protection
APA and the FTC: New adventures in consumer protection
The Institutional Review Board as a mirror of scientific and ethical standards
Decisions by institutional review boards (IRBs) are presumed to reflect the norms and standards of the scientific community. Such criteria have shifted as changes have occurred in experimental interventions and protocols, codes of federal regulatory agencies, norms among investigators, and expectations of participants. The tension created by shifting norms and standards raises two questions: (a) Should IRBs evaluate the scientific (e.g., design) …
Community consultation in socially sensitive research: Lessons from clinical trials of treatments for Aids
Community consultation in socially sensitive research: Lessons from clinical trials of treatments for Aids
Psychology and primary health care for children
Psychology and primary health care for children
Children's conceptions of death
Children's understanding of death is mediated by their experience, feelings, and cognitive capability
Studying cancer survivors: The authors reply
Credentialing in psychology: Close encounters with competence
Credentialing in psychology: Close encounters with competence
Psychiatric sequelae of surviving childhood cancer
Increasing survival rates for children with cancer raise questions about the long-term psychosocial impact of the disease and its treatment. Psychiatric evaluations of 114 survivors of childhood malignancies suggest a high rate of adjustment problems, with 59% indicating at least mild psychiatric symptomology. Interviews with former patients highlight the importance of adaptive denial in the face of the uncertainty connected with cancer survival
Childhood, death, and cognitive development
What Scientists Want from Their Research Ethics Committee
Whereas investigators have directed considerable criticism against Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), the desirable characteristics of IRBs have not previously been empirically determined. A sample of 886 experienced biomedical and social and behavioral scientists rated 45 descriptors of IRB actions and functions as to their importance. Predictions derived from organizational justice research findings in other work settings were generally borne …
Twenty-first century ethical challenges for psychology
Foreseeable social and technological changes will force us to reevaluate our thinking about ethically appropriate ways to fulfill our mission of using psychology to advance human health and welfare in the twenty-first century. Three categories of challenge related to societal and technological changes have become particularly evident. First, increasing patterns of delivering services over substantial distances by electronic means (i.e., telepsych…
Draw-a-person test: Implications for gender identification
Bathroom behavior and human dignity
A recent article by Middlemist, Knowles, and Matter (1976) reported on a field experiment in a men's lavatory. Men who entered a three-urinal lavatory at a midwestern U.S. university were subjected to one of three conditions: The unknowing subjects either urinated alone, directly adjacent to a confederate of the experimenter, or into one urinal at a distance removed from a confederate.
The APA 1998 Annual Report
Psychological science and the use of anatomically detailed dolls in child sexual-abuse assessments
Swimming, competence, and personality change
This study was designed to show that increasing competence in one's environment leads to enhancement of self-esteem. Using pretest and posttest measures of the discrepancy between the ideal self and self-concept of 65 boys between 7 and 15 years old at a YMCA summer camp, it was found that success in learning to swim reduced the discrepancy significantly (/> < .05). Subjects who did not learn to swim, and controls who could already swim and were …
Childhood, death, and cognitive development
Talking with children about death
A group of 75 children between the ages of six and fifteen were asked four questions about their perceptions of the meaning of death and. about their expectations in regard to their own death. None of the children appeared to experience severe anxiety in response to the subject matter. As was expected, children's ideas about death, as given in response to the questions, were quite different at different age levels. Suggestions are offered for dis…
Civil liberties and aversive conditioning for children
Civil liberties and aversive conditioning for children
Bathroom behavior and human dignity
A recent article by Middlemist, Knowles, and Matter (1976) reported on a field experiment in a men's lavatory. Men who entered a three-urinal lavatory at a midwestern U.S. university were subjected to one of three conditions: The unknowing subjects either urinated alone, directly adjacent to a confederate of the experimenter, or into one urinal at a distance removed from a confederate.
Children's Rights and the Mental Health Professions
Credentialing in psychology: Close encounters with competence
Credentialing in psychology: Close encounters with competence
Psychiatric sequelae of surviving childhood cancer
Increasing survival rates for children with cancer raise questions about the long-term psychosocial impact of the disease and its treatment. Psychiatric evaluations of 114 survivors of childhood malignancies suggest a high rate of adjustment problems, with 59% indicating at least mild psychiatric symptomology. Interviews with former patients highlight the importance of adaptive denial in the face of the uncertainty connected with cancer survival
Pediatric cancer survival and marriage: Issues affecting adult adjustment
Of 36 men and women, now aged 21 or older, who were treated for cancer as children, 20 have married. As part of a long-term follow-up, 13 of their spouses were interviewed about the effects of cancer on the patient and on their marriage. Comparison of patient's physical limitations, visible impairments, and psychiatric adjustment ratings indicated significant differences between patients who have married or become engaged and those who have not m…
Draw-a-person test: Implications for gender identification
Studying cancer survivors: The authors reply
Children's conceptions of death
Children's understanding of death is mediated by their experience, feelings, and cognitive capability
Psychology and primary health care for children
Psychology and primary health care for children
Community consultation in socially sensitive research: Lessons from clinical trials of treatments for Aids
Community consultation in socially sensitive research: Lessons from clinical trials of treatments for Aids
The Institutional Review Board as a mirror of scientific and ethical standards
Decisions by institutional review boards (IRBs) are presumed to reflect the norms and standards of the scientific community. Such criteria have shifted as changes have occurred in experimental interventions and protocols, codes of federal regulatory agencies, norms among investigators, and expectations of participants. The tension created by shifting norms and standards raises two questions: (a) Should IRBs evaluate the scientific (e.g., design) …
APA and the FTC: New adventures in consumer protection
APA and the FTC: New adventures in consumer protection
Psychological science and the use of anatomically detailed dolls in child sexual-abuse assessments
Many devices are used in child assessment and treatment as communication aids, projective tools, and symbolic means of interaction. None are as hotly debated in their application among mental health professionals as dolls with genital details. Anatomically detailed (AD) dolls are often used in sexual-abuse evaluation and treatment with children, but such applications are controversial. This article is the product of a working group formed to revi…
Confidentiality in psychological practice
Confidentiality has long been a cornerstone of trust in the professional relationship between psychologists and their clients. Developments in computer technology, litigation, insurance reimbursement schemes, and changing lifestyles are forcing psychologists to reconsider and refine their approach to respecting this important ethical principle. This article review basic concepts on the matter, and discusses these in light of evolving issues in pr…
Psychological science and the use of anatomically detailed dolls in child sexual-abuse assessments
Report of the Treasurer, 1995: Psychology's public image
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