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Staff Attitudes That Impede the Implementation of Behavioral Treatment Programs

Patrick W. Corrigan

University of Chicago Centerfor Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Oliver B. Williams

Michigan State University

Stanley G. Mccracken

Samatha Kommana

University of Chicago Centerfor Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Michael Edwards

James Brunner

Chicago Read Mental Health Center

Staff who have negative attitudes about behavioral treatments are less likely to implement them. Previous research suggests that negative attitudes are associated with staff burnout and perceived collegial support. A path analysis is conducted in this study to determine the direction of these effects. Ninety staff members who work in treatment programs for severely mentally ill adults completed measures of attitudes about behavior therapy, experience with behavior therapy, burnout, and collegial support. Results of the path analysis yielded a model with good fit that confrmned our hypotheses; namely, bumout leads to negative attitudes and experience with behavior therapy yields positive attitudes. Insufficient collegial support leads to negative attitudes through burnout. Implications of these findings for improving the use of behavior treatnents in real-world programs are discussed.

Behavior Modification, Vol. 22, No. 4, 548-562 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/01454455980224006
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