The Opinions About Mental Illness Scale was administered to 71 newly hired psychiatric aides before and after a basic training program. Significant favorable change in attitude for the total group of aides was found on 4 of the 5 attitude factors. Comparisons of black (N = 26) and white (N = 45) aides in attitude change indicated no significant differential effects of training on attitudes of the 2 racial groups.
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