Development and validation of a scale for measuring cultural beliefs about psychotherapy patients in southern Chile
Psicol. reflex. crit
; 33: 02, 2020. tab, graf
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS, Index Psicologia - Periódicos
| ID: biblio-1101334
Biblioteca responsável:
BR574.2
ABSTRACT
Abstract Purpose:
Negative cultural beliefs about psychotherapy patients represent one of the barriers in the psychological help-seeking and treatment adherence. In Chile today, there is little research about specific beliefs towards this group, and therefore measuring them represents a challenge. The aim of the present study was to develop and validate an instrument to measure cultural beliefs about psychotherapy patients.Methods:
A mixed method design conducted in four stages was implemented. First, 32 semi-structured interviews were carried out to identify beliefs about psychotherapy patients in southern Chile. Then, a scale of beliefs about psychotherapy patients (SBPP) was developed and piloted in an adult sample (n = 109). Subsequently, the factorial structure of the new scale was explored in patients of primary health centres in La Araucanía Region of Chile (n = 201). Finally, the validity of the construct was assessed in adults who were not undergoing psychotherapy (n = 361).Results:
The results showed the existence of negative cultural beliefs about psychotherapy patients which were included in the construction of the SBPP. The scale had a bifactorial structure (αtransitory situations = 0.81 and αstable characteristics = 0.79), consisting of 15 items with a Likert-type response format, and showed good indicators of validity and reliability on the samples in which were applied.Conclusions:
The present study shows the importance of using mixed methods for the examination of socially shared beliefs by the cultural group under study, in order to construct instruments that are psychometrically robust and culturally pertinent.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
Index Psicologia - Periódicos
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Psicoterapia
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Reprodutibilidade dos Testes
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Cultura
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Estigma Social
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Fatores de risco
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Psicol. reflex. crit
Assunto da revista:
Psicologia
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad Católica de Temuco/CL
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Universidad de La Frontera/CL