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Download full textWebb, Lynn E.; Lamb, Douglas H. – 1974
Fifty-four admissions to the psychiatric unit of a general hospital were asked to predict their length of hospitalization. The difference between their predicted and actual length of hospitalization was calculated (expectancy-reality discrepancy-ERD). Patient ERD scores were compared with self-report, ward, and therapist measures of patient…
Descriptors: Expectation, Improvement, Mental Disorders, Patients
