Organisational Correlates to Staff Attitudes about Behavioural Programs

Abstract

In an attempt to facilitate the dissemination and regular implementation of behaviour treatments in real-world settings, research has examined staff attitudes that may pose barriers to these treatments. The purpose of the study reported in this paper is to examine the construct validity of perceived organisational barriers to behavioural programs. One hundred and eighteen staff working in community-based treatment programs for adults and children with severe mental illness completed the Barriers to the Implementation of Behavior Therapy Test. An analysis from a previous study (Corrigan, Kwartarini, & Pramana, 1992) identified two reliable and valid factors that suggested perceived organisational barriers: institutional constraints and insufficient collegial support. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis on data from this study supported the earlier factor structure. Research participants also completed team functioning measures of individual staff burnout, collegial network satisfaction, organisational culture, and team leadership. Attitudes about institutional constraints and insufficient collegial support were found to be associated with burnout, collegial network satisfaction, and organisational culture. Strategies for disseminating behavioural programs must target organisational barriers too.

The use of psychological therapies by mental health nurses in Australia

“…Attitudes towards CBT were identified using 10 value statements adapted from studies by Le Fevre (), Corrigan et al . () and Wilson & White (). As can be seen from Table , the majority of respondents demonstrated a positive attitude towards CBT.…”

“…Nevertheless, Corrigan et al . () remind us education on therapeutic strategies such as psychological therapies will not necessarily change individual practices nor increase their implementation unless organizational barriers including unsupportive collegial relationships are also addressed. In their factor analysis of the ‘Barriers to Change Scale’ from which several survey questions were derived, they found structural barriers were significantly associated with staff burnout, and individuals who were dissatisfied with the levels of support they were receiving from their colleagues reported greater institutional barriers to implementing psychological therapies.…”

“…The questionnaire was developed from the Delphi surveys and from previous surveys assessing the use of and the attitudes towards psychological therapies and CBT by health professionals (Corrigan et al . , Le Fevre , Wilson & White ). A pilot version of the questionnaire was undertaken to help ensure construct and content validity.…”

Burnout, depressive symptoms, job demands and satisfaction with life: discriminant validity and explained variance

“…Satisfaction with life has been described as a key indicator of well-being and refers to the assessment of the quality of life according to one's own perspective (Anand & Arora, 2009). It is therefore subjective and cognitively oriented towards one's current overall life situation and how it compares with expectations (Corrigan et al, 2001). Satisfaction with life can be seen as a complex function of an individual's contentment with the different domains (such as family, work, leisure, and health) within his or her life (Erdogan, Bauer, Truxillo, & Mansfield, 2012).…”

Teachers' Resistance to the Implementation of Functional Behaviour Assessment: Implications for School Administrators

“…On its own this gap leads to frustration and low expectations (Thomson, 1987). Emotional needs (stress and burn-out) are related to negative perceptions of behavioural interventions in general (Corrigan et al, 1998(Corrigan et al, , 2001. Being unable to intervene effectively for behaviour problems and deal with the negative emotional experiences their exhibition evokes, teachers tend not to intervene, in order to protect their emotions (Hastings, 2005).…”