Assessing mental health professionals' attitudes toward routine outcome monitoring across Eastern and Western cultures: an examination of invariance and latent mean differences†.

IF 2.6 1区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2024-09-22 DOI:10.1080/10503307.2024.2396395

Zhuang She, Amanda Jensen-Doss, Hui Xu

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the attitudes of mental health professionals towards Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM) in Eastern and Western cultures.

Method: Two samples of American (N = 455) and Chinese (N = 505) mental health professionals completed the prevalent Monitoring and Feedback Attitudes Scale (MFA). We tested the measure's psychometric characteristics, measurement invariance, and latent mean difference across cultures.

Results: Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) found a two-factor structure of the MFA within both cohorts. The MFA subscales showed excellent internal consistency in both the Chinese and American samples. The MFA demonstrated partial scalar invariance between the two cultural groups, supporting the comparison of latent means among Chinese and American professionals. Chinese professionals perceived greater harm from ROM than their American counterparts.

Conclusions: The findings show that the MFA is a valid tool to evaluate and compare the US and Chinese mental health professionals' attitudes toward ROM, suggesting that the measure may be useful in both Eastern and Western cultures.

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评估东西方文化中精神卫生专业人员对常规结果监测的态度：对不变量和潜在平均差异的研究†。

目的：调查东西方文化中精神卫生专业人员对常规结果监测（ROM）的态度：调查东西方文化中精神卫生专业人员对常规结果监测（ROM）的态度：美国（455 人）和中国（505 人）的精神卫生专业人员完成了流行的 "监测和反馈态度量表"（MFA）。我们测试了该量表的心理测量特征、测量不变性以及不同文化间的潜在均值差异：结果：确认性因素分析（CFA）发现，在两个组群中，MFA 都具有双因素结构。中美样本的 MFA 子量表均显示出良好的内部一致性。MFA 在两个文化群体之间表现出部分标度不变性，支持对中国和美国专业人员的潜在平均值进行比较。与美国专业人员相比，中国专业人员认为 ROM 带来的危害更大：研究结果表明，MFA是评估和比较中美精神卫生专业人员对ROM态度的有效工具，这表明该测量方法在东西方文化中都可能有用。

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Psychotherapy Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： Psychotherapy Research seeks to enhance the development, scientific quality, and social relevance of psychotherapy research and to foster the use of research findings in practice, education, and policy formulation. The Journal publishes reports of original research on all aspects of psychotherapy, including its outcomes, its processes, education of practitioners, and delivery of services. It also publishes methodological, theoretical, and review articles of direct relevance to psychotherapy research. The Journal is addressed to an international, interdisciplinary audience and welcomes submissions dealing with diverse theoretical orientations, treatment modalities.