Construct validity of the Experiences of Therapy Questionnaire (ETQ)

BMC Psychiatry

Michael Berk¹  Georgia McClure²  Kathryn Fletcher²  Amelia Paterson²  Gordon Parker² 

[1]Mental Health Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

[2]Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia

关键词: Questionnaire;    Psychology;    Side-effects;    Validity;    Measure;    Psychotherapy;    Therapy;   

Others  :  1090564
DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-014-0369-6

 received in 2013-06-07, accepted in 2014-12-17,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The Experiences of Therapy Questionnaire (ETQ) is a reliable measure of adverse effects associated with psychotherapy. The measure has not been subject to validity analyses. This study sought to examine the validity of the ETQ by comparison against a measure of therapist satisfaction.

Methods

Participants were recruited from the Black Dog Institute’s website and completed all measures online, at two time points (two weeks apart). Correlational analyses compared scale scores on the ETQ with related constructs of the Therapist Satisfaction Scale (TSS). To exclude any impact of current depression on ratings, we examined correlations between salient ETQ and TSS scales after controlling for depression severity.

Results

Forty-six participants completed all the measures at both time points. Hypothesised associations between the ETQ and TSS scales were supported, irrespective of current depression severity.

Conclusions

The validity of the ETQ is supported; however limitations of the study are noted, including generalizability due to sample characteristics.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Parker et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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