In:
Interdisciplinaria Revista de Psicología y Ciencias Afines, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicologia Matematic, Vol. 38, No. 1 ( 2020-10-08), p. 181-202
Abstract:
The role of potential motivations for psychotherapy training is receiving growing attention in the context of psychotherapy research. The present study examines the entire decision-making process for undertaking psychotherapy training in Italian psychology graduates. This is a quali-quantitative study using mixed methods and recruiting from a convenience sample. An on-line questionnaire - with open-ended questions about problem/need recognition, information search, alternative evaluation, purchase, and post-purchase outcomes - was administered to psychology graduates interested in, undertaking or having already completed psychotherapy training (as types of respondents), overall including 549 participants (86 % females, Mage = 36.27 years). The strategy of analysis consisted of computer-aided text analysis (by using T-Lab software) and content analysis for examining responses and identifying the main themes for each open-ended question. Then, a cluster analysis was performed for grouping respondents from the previously detected themes.
Three different clusters of participants were detected (respectively composed of 14.6 %, 51.2 % and 34.2 %) that were different by age, F (2, 455) = 11.878, p 〈 .001, and type of respondents, χ² (4, N = 459) = 27.588, p 〈 .001. Such clusters were mainly featured by different key factors for selecting a psychotherapy school, orientation preferences and motivations for psychotherapy training (p 〈 .05, at 95 % confidence level). Overall, the results highlighted the perception of a gap in previous academic training, a reduced focus on professional development and the use of rigid strategies as critical issues related to the decision to undertake psychotherapy training.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1668-7027
,
0325-8203
Uniform Title:
¿Por qué los licenciados en psicología italianos sueñan con convertirse en psicoterapeutas?
DOI:
10.16888/interd.2021.38.1
DOI:
10.16888/Interdisciplinaria
DOI:
10.16888/interd.2021.38.1.12
Language:
English
Publisher:
Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicologia Matematic
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2231581-0
SSG:
7,36
SSG:
5,2
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