Abstract

Objective

Despite the importance of spoken language in psychotherapy processes with clients whose native language is distinct from the language of therapy, there is a dearth of research on mental health practitioners (MHPs) language competence. This research aimed to develop the Perceptions of Cross-lingual Practice (PCLP) scale designed to aid MHPs’ cross-lingual practice.

Method

Study 1 developed items and collected data from Australian MHPs (n = 155) to test the scale’s factor structure through exploratory factor analysis. Study 2 (n = 257) confirmed the emergent factor structure of the scale through confirmatory factor analysis and further assessed its reliability and convergent validity.

Results

The final 23-item measure had good reliability and validity. Three factors emerged; MHPs’ perceptions of self-competence, MHPs’ perceptions of difficulties faced by clients, and MHPs’ perceptions of barriers for themselves imposed by language. The perceptions of self-competence subscale was weakly related to the other subscales highlighting a disconnect between MHPs’ self-perceptions and perceptions of contextual factors.

Conclusion

The PCLP is a reliable and valid measure of MHPs’ perceptions of cross-lingual practice composed of three subscales each with good psychometric properties that can be used for various purposes in the evaluation and development of MHPs in post-graduate and professional settings.

中文翻译：

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心理健康从业者跨语言实践措施的开发和初步验证

摘要

客观的

尽管口头语言在母语不同于治疗语言的客户的心理治疗过程中很重要，但对心理健康从业者 (MHP) 语言能力的研究还很缺乏。本研究旨在开发旨在帮助 MHPs 跨语言实践的跨语言实践感知 (PCLP) 量表。

方法

研究 1 开发了项目并从澳大利亚 MHPs (n = 155) 收集了数据，以通过探索性因素分析来测试量表的因素结构。研究2（n=257）通过验证性因素分析确定了量表的涌现性因素结构，并进一步评估其信度和收敛效度。

结果

最终的 23 项测量具有良好的信度和效度。出现了三个因素；MHPs 对自我能力的看法，MHPs 对客户面临的困难的看法，以及 MHPs 对语言给自己施加的障碍的看法。自我能力子量表的感知与其他子量表的相关性较弱，突出了 MHP 的自我感知与情境因素感知之间的脱节。

结论

PCLP 是衡量 MHPs 对跨语言实践的看法的可靠且有效的衡量标准，由三个分量表组成，每个分量表都具有良好的心理测量特性，可用于研究生和专业环境中 MHPs 的评估和发展的各种目的。