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The global therapist competence scale for youth psychosocial treatment: Development and initial validation

Brown, Ruth C., Southam‐Gerow, Michael A., McLeod, Bryce D., Wheat, Emily B., Tully, Carrie B., Reise, Steven P., Kendall, Philip C., Weisz, John R.·2018·Journal of Clinical Psychology
DOI 10.1002/jclp.22537PMC PMC6314178
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Objective: We describe the development and initial psychometric properties of the observer‐rated Global Therapist Competence Scale for Youth Psychosocial Treatment (G‐COMP) in the context of cognitive‐behavioral treatment (CBT) for youth anxiety disorders. Method: Independent coders rated 744 sessions from a sample of 68 youth (mean age = 10.56 years) using the G‐COMP and the instruments of alliance, involvement, CBT adherence, CBT competence. Results: Inter‐rater reliability coefficients, ICC(2,2), were greater than .60 for the 5 G‐COMP domain scores. G‐COMP scores yielded small to medium correlations with instruments of alliance (r s = .17–.44) and youth involvement in treatment (r s = .08–.53), and medium to large correlations with instruments of CBT competence and adherence (r s = .26–.63). Therapists in the research setting were rated higher compared to newly trained therapists in community clinics. Conclusion: Preliminary reliability and validity of the G‐COMP are promising, but future research is needed with non‐CBT samples.

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Brown, R. C., Southam‐Gerow, M. A., McLeod, B. D., Wheat, E. B., Tully, C. B., Reise, S. P., Kendall, P. C., & Weisz, J. R.
Venue
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2017-09-25
Volume
74
Issue
4
Pages
649-664
ISSN
  • 0021-9762
  • 1097-4679
DOI
10.1002/jclp.22537
PMC
PMC6314178
Cited by
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Language
en
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Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (RO1 MH086529)

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