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Arch Hellen Med, 41(6), November-December 2024, 804-814 ORIGINAL PAPER Psychometric properties of the Greek version S. Martinaki,1,2 P. Stefanatou,2 V. Ntelidaki,3 K. Kontoaggelos2 |
OBJECTIVE To highlight the psychometric properties of the "Psychiatric/ Mental Health Clinical Placement Survey" (P/MHCPS) questionnaire in order to identify and evaluate the factors shaped during the educational process and influencing students in terms of mental health clinical placement and explored the degree of preparedness of social work students, their attitudes towards mental illness, as well as their desire to pursue a future career in the area prior to their clinical placement in a mental health setting.
METHOD The sample consisted of 101 students from three social work university departments completing their clinical placement in the settings of the 1st Psychiatric Clinic of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) during the period 2015–2023. The students filled out the P/MHCPS questionnaire for first placement in the setting. Previously, the questionnaire was adapted to the Greek language and the particularities of social work in Greece.
RESULTS The structure of the questionnaire's Greek version was substantially different from the original version, the subscales though demonstrated high internal consistency with a Cronbach's alpha value greater than 0.70. In addition, strong correlations were found between the subscales, where more knowledge, more positive attitudes towards mental health, and a greater desire to pursue a career in the mental health field were significantly correlated with more advanced theoretical training on the basis of the course curriculum, greater preparedness in undertaking a clinical placement in the field and less negative stereotypes.
CONCLUSIONS This study, being the first attempt to validate the P/MHCPS questionnaire among Greek social work students, demonstrated a satisfactory internal consistency and can be used to identify the degree of preparedness, the attitudes towards mental illness, and the desire for a future career in the area of mental health for social work students before or during their clinical placement in a mental health setting.
Key words: Clinical practice, Psychiatric/mental health, Questionnaire, Reliability, Social work.
