Implicit Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy and Explicit Barriers to Accessing Psychotherapy in Youths and Parent–Youth Dyads

Abstract: Background: Few studies have investigated implicit and explicit attitudes toward psychotherapy in youths (Study 1), although information about attitudes would improve interventions that aim to decrease barriers to accessing psychotherapy including parents (Study 2), who facilitate the help-seeking process of youths. Method: The Study 1 sample comprised 96 youths (14–21 years) and the Study 2 sample 38 parent–youth dyads. Differences in implicit attitudes regarding psychotherapy and a medical treatment were measured with the Implicit Association Test, and psychotherapy knowledge and self-reported barriers to psychotherapy were assessed with questionnaires. The actor-partner interdependence model was used to test the dyadic effects of implicit attitudes on explicit attitudes in parents and youths. Results: We did not find evidence for an implicit bias toward psychotherapy compared to a medical treatment, neither in youths, nor in parents. Self-reported barriers were a predictor for l.... https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/7375

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Implicit Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy and Explicit Barriers to Accessing Psychotherapy in Youths and Parent–Youth Dyads ; volume:4 ; number:3 ; day:30 ; month:09 ; year:2022 ; Clinical psychology in Europe ; 4, Heft 3 (30.09.2022)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Pfeiffer, Simone ; Huffer, Ashley ; Feil, Anna ; In-Albon, Tina

Further information

• DOI: 10.32872/cpe.7375
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022102905103496563772
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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