Do social workers tend to view older adults in negative terms? In order to assess differences in social workers' attitudes toward younger and older adult clients, social workers were surveyed. Respondents read a vignette describing a client seeking psychotherapy. The age, gender, and presenting problem of the client were manipulated. After reading the vignette, respondents rated the client. There were no differences on the global evaluation factor between clients described as 35 years old and clients described as 70 years old. However, the younger client was seen as more anxious, and the...