Who Seeks Alternative Psychotherapies? Domain-Specific Predictors and Latent Profiles
Techniques presented as psychotherapies without evidence for effective treatment constitute a long-standing and under-researched issue within clinical psychology. We report on an exploratory study using a cross-sectional sample (N = 538) to find predictors and profiles of use of complementary and a...
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2023-03-01
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Techniques presented as psychotherapies without evidence for effective treatment constitute a long-standing and under-researched issue within clinical psychology. We report on an exploratory study using a cross-sectional sample (N = 538) to find predictors and profiles of use of complementary and alternative psychotherapies (CAP). Five well-established constructs were assessed: help-seeking preferences, psychiatric scepticism, mental health literacy, psychological mindedness, and psychotherapy expectancy. Religiosity, help-seeking, distrust in mental health care, interest in psychological phenomena, expectations of relationship with the psychotherapist, and belief in the effectiveness of alternative psychotherapies positively predicted use of CAP. Parallel analyses of evidence-based psychotherapies and alternative medicine revealed that some of these predictors are specific to CAP. Latent profile analysis identified three profiles among users of alternative psychotherapies, conceptualized as religious, unmotivated, and analytical. We discuss our results in relation to these profiles, suggesting various implications and lines of research.
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| spelling | doaj.art-6525154b039f4ed1b42b9568894429722023-03-22T02:30:07ZengSlovak Academy of Sciences, Centre of Social and Psychological SciencesStudia Psychologica0039-33202585-88152023-03-0165110.31577/sp.2023.01.864Who Seeks Alternative Psychotherapies? Domain-Specific Predictors and Latent ProfilesAngelo Fasce0Jesús Adrián-Ventura1University of CoimbraJaume I University Techniques presented as psychotherapies without evidence for effective treatment constitute a long-standing and under-researched issue within clinical psychology. We report on an exploratory study using a cross-sectional sample (N = 538) to find predictors and profiles of use of complementary and alternative psychotherapies (CAP). Five well-established constructs were assessed: help-seeking preferences, psychiatric scepticism, mental health literacy, psychological mindedness, and psychotherapy expectancy. Religiosity, help-seeking, distrust in mental health care, interest in psychological phenomena, expectations of relationship with the psychotherapist, and belief in the effectiveness of alternative psychotherapies positively predicted use of CAP. Parallel analyses of evidence-based psychotherapies and alternative medicine revealed that some of these predictors are specific to CAP. Latent profile analysis identified three profiles among users of alternative psychotherapies, conceptualized as religious, unmotivated, and analytical. We discuss our results in relation to these profiles, suggesting various implications and lines of research. https://journals.savba.sk/index.php/studiapsychologica/article/view/631alternative psychotherapiesalternative medicineCAMpseudoscienceevidence-based practice |
| spellingShingle | Angelo Fasce Jesús Adrián-Ventura Who Seeks Alternative Psychotherapies? Domain-Specific Predictors and Latent Profiles Studia Psychologica alternative psychotherapies alternative medicine CAM pseudoscience evidence-based practice |
| title | Who Seeks Alternative Psychotherapies? Domain-Specific Predictors and Latent Profiles |
| title_full | Who Seeks Alternative Psychotherapies? Domain-Specific Predictors and Latent Profiles |
| title_fullStr | Who Seeks Alternative Psychotherapies? Domain-Specific Predictors and Latent Profiles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who Seeks Alternative Psychotherapies? Domain-Specific Predictors and Latent Profiles |
| title_short | Who Seeks Alternative Psychotherapies? Domain-Specific Predictors and Latent Profiles |
| title_sort | who seeks alternative psychotherapies domain specific predictors and latent profiles |
| topic | alternative psychotherapies alternative medicine CAM pseudoscience evidence-based practice |
| url | https://journals.savba.sk/index.php/studiapsychologica/article/view/631 |
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