Croatian Association for Behavioral-Cognitive Therapies (CABCT), Zagreb, Croatia.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
J Clin Psychol. 2020 Jun;76(6):1151-1172. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22967. Epub 2020 May 14.
We aimed to develop a measure of psychotherapists' attitudes toward integrating technology in psychotherapy-The Therapists' Attitudes toward using Modern Technologies in Psychotherapy and Counselling Scale (MTPS), to analyze its latent structure and test its reliability and validity.
Items were developed based on interviews with psychotherapists, followed by two online surveys with psychotherapists (N1 = 219; N2 = 369) in five countries in South-eastern Europe.
The MTPS has a 4-factor structure: perceived potential of modern technologies (MTs) to augment therapeutic improvement, perceived psychoeducational value of MTs, perceived risks associated with using MTs, and perceived relevance of MTs. Specific dimensions of the MTPS predicted psychotherapists' behaviors and intentions regarding technology (Rc = 0.15-0.46). The reliability of the MTPS subscales was satisfactory.
MTPS appears to be a useful instrument. Exploring psychotherapists' attitudes assists in predicting obstacles to the implementation of technology in psychotherapy and planning adequate intervention to overcome it.
我们旨在开发一种衡量心理治疗师对心理治疗中整合技术的态度的工具——治疗师对使用现代技术进行心理治疗和咨询的态度量表(MTPS),分析其潜在结构,并检验其信度和效度。
根据对心理治疗师的访谈,开发了项目,随后在东南欧的五个国家进行了两次在线调查(N1=219;N2=369)。
MTPS 具有 4 个因子结构:现代技术(MTs)增强治疗效果的潜在能力、MTs 的心理教育价值、使用 MTs 相关的风险、以及 MTs 的相关性。MTPS 的特定维度预测了心理治疗师在技术方面的行为和意图(Rc=0.15-0.46)。MTPS 分量表的信度令人满意。
MTPS 似乎是一种有用的工具。探索心理治疗师的态度有助于预测技术在心理治疗中的实施障碍,并计划适当的干预措施来克服这些障碍。