Measuring practitioner attitudes toward evidence-based treatments: A validation study

Rindee G.P. Ashcraft; Sharon L. Foster; Amy E. Lowery; Scott W. Henggeler; Jason E. Chapman; Melisa D. Rowland

doi:10.1080/1067828X.2011.555276

Measuring practitioner attitudes toward evidence-based treatments: A validation study

Rindee G.P. Ashcraft, Sharon L. Foster, Amy E. Lowery, Scott W. Henggeler, Jason E. Chapman, Melisa D. Rowland

Psychiatry and Health Behavior

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A better understanding of clinicians' attitudes toward evidence-based treatments (EBT) will presumably enhance the transfer of EBTs for substance-abusing adolescents from research to clinical application. The reliability and validity of two measures of therapist attitudes toward EBT were examined: the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (Aarons, 2004), and Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy Treatment Manuals Scale (Addis & Krasnow, 2000). Participants included 543 public sector, master's-level mental health and substance abuse therapists who treat adolescents. Factor analyses generally corroborated factor structures of the instruments found previously. Beliefs that EBTs negatively affect treatment process were associated with relatively low openness to new treatments and with beliefs that EBTs do not produce positive outcomes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	166-183
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2011.555276
State	Published - Apr 2011

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Evidence based treatment
Substance abuse treatment
Treatment manuals

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Education
Psychology(all)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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