Differences in psychotherapy preferences between psychotherapy trainees and laypeople

Heinze, Peter Eric; Weck, Florian; Hahn, Daniela; Kühne, Franziska

doi:10.1080/10503307.2022.2098076

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“…In particular, participants were more likely to rate the SSI as potentially helpful to others (including their patients) rather than themselves. These data conform with research suggesting that psychotherapy trainees prefer more emotionally intense, less structured, and less directive mental health treatments for themselves compared to lay people (Heinze et al, 2023). Indeed, prior research using the SSI feedback form found that patients on a clinic waiting list rated the provider-delivered SFBTbased SSI as more acceptable and helpful than the trainees in the current study did; patients' SSI feedback form ratings averaged 4.38/5 (Sung et al, 2023), versus 3.5/5 in this sample.…”

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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single-Session Intervention to Reduce Training Psychologists’ Burnout

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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single-Session Intervention to Reduce Training Psychologists’ Burnout

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2024

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“…The researchers found large differences between laypersons’ and mental health professionals’ activity preferences on two C-NIP dimensions: layperson clients desired more therapist directiveness ( g s = 0.92–1.43) but less emotional intensity ( g s = 0.40–0.57) than the mental health professionals. More recently, Heinze, Weck, Hahn, et al (2022) compared the activity preferences (as measured by the C-NIP) of psychotherapy trainees (as clients, N = 466) and laypeople ( N = 969) in Germany. Similar to Cooper et al (2019), they found that psychotherapy trainees preferred less therapist directiveness ( d = 0.58), higher emotional intensity ( d = 0.74), and more focused challenge ( d = 0.35) than laypeople.…”

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Validation of the Cooper–Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP) in Chinese lay clients and mental health professionals: Factor structure, measurement invariance, and scale differences.

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The Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP) is one of the most widely used measures of psychotherapy preferences. However, its psychometric properties have not been examined in non-Western samples. Research on disparities between the preferences of mental health professionals and their clients is also limited. We evaluated the C-NIP's psychometric properties and measurement invariance in Chinese lay clients and mental health professionals and evaluated the latent mean differences between clients' and professionals' scores on the C-NIP's four scales (preference for therapist vs. client directiveness, emotional intensity vs. emotional reserve, past vs. present orientation, and warm support vs. focused challenge). This cross-sectional investigation involved 301 lay clients and 856 mental health professionals who completed the Chinese version of the C-NIP. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) were used to examine the factor structure of the C-NIP. ESEM provided stronger evidence than CFA for the four-factor model in both samples. The four scales had adequate internal consistency in both the lay clients (αs = .68-.89) and the mental health professionals (αs = .70-.80). Partial scalar invariance was established across these two populations. Chinese mental health professionals preferred less therapist directiveness, past orientation, and warm support-but more emotional intensitythan Chinese lay clients (ds = 0.25-0.90). Culture-specific cutoff values (norms) to identify strong therapy preferences were established. This study supports the application of the C-NIP to non-Western populations and suggests that discrepancies between the preferences of lay clients and mental health professionals are a cross-cultural phenomenon. Public Significance StatementThis study confirms the factor structure and measurement invariance of the Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP) in Chinese psychotherapy populations. The study further reveals systematic differences between lay clients' and mental health professionals' treatment preferences in the Chinese clinical context. These disparities suggest that professionals should be cautious in projecting their therapy preferences onto their clients.

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Differences in psychotherapy preferences between psychotherapy trainees and laypeople

Cited by 2 publications

References 57 publications

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single-Session Intervention to Reduce Training Psychologists’ Burnout

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single-Session Intervention to Reduce Training Psychologists’ Burnout

Validation of the Cooper–Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP) in Chinese lay clients and mental health professionals: Factor structure, measurement invariance, and scale differences.

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