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19.02.2018 | Original Article
Furthering Our Understanding of Therapist Knowledge and Attitudinal Measurement in Youth Community Mental Health
verfasst von:
Kelsie H. Okamura, Puanani J. Hee, David Jackson, Brad J. Nakamura
Erschienen in:
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
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Ausgabe 5/2018
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Abstract
Examining therapist evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge seems an important step for supporting successful implementation. Advances in implementation science suggest a distinction between practice specific (i.e., knowing which practices are derived from the evidence base) and EBP process (i.e., integrating research evidence, clinical experience, client characteristics, and monitoring outcomes) knowledge. An examination of how these knowledge types are measured and relate to attitudes appears warranted. In our sample of 58 youth community therapists, both practice specific and EBP process knowledge accounted for EBP attitude scores, which varied by therapist demographic variables. Implications for measurement of therapist constructs and future research in identifying therapist predictors of EBP use and youth clinical improvement are discussed.