The relationship between lifelong learning and professional development activities in a Portuguese sample

IF 1.2 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI:10.1002/capr.12789

Rodrigo Ponces Coelho, António Pazo Pires, Greg Neimeyer, Alexandre Vaz, David Neto, Daniel Sousa

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Abstract

Objective

A dispositional commitment to lifelong learning (LL) is an important aspect of continuing professional development for practicing psychotherapists. Equally important is the dedication of psychotherapists to engaging in professional development activities to foster growth and maintain competence. However, there are limited available data on the range of practices and factors influencing psychotherapists' commitment to these activities. The primary objective of this study was to examine whether a higher commitment to LL would significantly predict greater participation in a range of different professional development activities.

Method

A sample of 166 Portuguese psychotherapists completed an online survey on professional development. The survey included two key measures: the Jefferson Scale of Psychotherapist Lifelong Learning and a list of professional development activities based on the Retrospective Analysis of Psychotherapists' Involvement in Deliberate Practice. Exploratory factorial analysis was conducted to determine an alternative and suitable grouping for the list of activities, and structural equation modelling was utilised to assess the relationship between the commitment to LL and engagement in these activities.

Findings

Results provided valuable insight into the diverse levels of participation among therapists across five categories of activities: (1) supervision and case discussion; (2) recording-related activities; (3) reading and focussed learning; (4) reflecting; and (5) workshops supporting ongoing professional competence. Findings indicated that a stronger commitment to LL significantly predicted increased dedication to reading, focussed learning activities and attendance to training workshops. The implications and limitations of the study are discussed concerning their practical application for professional psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists.

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葡萄牙样本中终身学习与专业发展活动之间的关系

目标对终身学习（LL）的态度承诺是在职心理治疗师持续专业发展的一个重要方面。同样重要的是，心理治疗师要致力于参与专业发展活动，以促进成长和保持能力。然而，关于心理治疗师参与这些活动的实践范围和影响因素的现有数据十分有限。本研究的主要目的是考察对 LL 的较高承诺是否能显著预测对一系列不同专业发展活动的较高参与度。方法 166 名葡萄牙心理治疗师完成了一项关于专业发展的在线调查。调查包括两个关键指标：心理治疗师终身学习杰斐逊量表和基于心理治疗师参与有意实践的回顾性分析的专业发展活动清单。我们进行了探索性因子分析，以确定活动清单的替代性合适分组，并利用结构方程模型评估了对 LL 的承诺与参与这些活动之间的关系。研究结果对治疗师参与以下五类活动的不同程度提供了有价值的见解：(1) 督导和病例讨论；(2) 记录相关活动；(3) 阅读和集中学习；(4) 反思；(5) 支持持续专业能力的研讨会。研究结果表明，对 LL 的承诺越强烈，对阅读、集中学习活动和参加培训讲习班的投入就越大。我们讨论了这项研究对专业心理学家、辅导员和心理治疗师实际应用的影响和局限性。

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Counselling & Psychotherapy Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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4.40

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期刊介绍： Counselling and Psychotherapy Research is an innovative international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to linking research with practice. Pluralist in orientation, the journal recognises the value of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods strategies of inquiry and aims to promote high-quality, ethical research that informs and develops counselling and psychotherapy practice. CPR is a journal of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, promoting reflexive research strongly linked to practice. The journal has its own website: www.cprjournal.com. The aim of this site is to further develop links between counselling and psychotherapy research and practice by offering accessible information about both the specific contents of each issue of CPR, as well as wider developments in counselling and psychotherapy research. The aims are to ensure that research remains relevant to practice, and for practice to continue to inform research development.