Understanding Barriers to Evidence-Based Assessment: Clinician Attitudes Toward Standardized Assessment Tools
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In an era of evidence-based practice, why are clinicians not typically engaged in evidence-based assessment? To begin to understand this issue, a national multidisciplinary survey was conducted to examine clinician attitudes toward standardized assessment tools. There were 1,442 child clinicians who provided opinions about the psychometric qualities of these tools, their benefit over clinical judgment alone, and their practicality. Doctoral-level clinicians and psychologists expressed more positive ratings in all three domains than master's-level clinicians and nonpsychologists, respectively, although only the disciplinary differences remained significant when predictors were examined simultaneously. All three attitude scales were predictive of standardized assessment tool use, although practical concerns were the strongest and only independent predictor of use.
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There is some evidence that links clinical orientation to attitudes toward use of standardized assessment (Jensen-Doss & Hawley, 2010).
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“In addition, there is some evidence that links clinical orientation to attitudes toward use of standardized assessment (Jensen-Doss & Hawley, 2010).”
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- Authors
- Jensen-Doss, A., & Hawley, K. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Missouri (US)
- ORCID
- Hawley, Kristin M.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-11-11
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 885-896
- ISSN
- 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-4424
- PMC
- PMC3058768
- OpenAlex
- W2076985113
- Cited by
- 238
- References
- 6
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- FWCI
- 8.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R03MH077752)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- evidence-based assessment, standardized assessment tools, clinician attitudes, barriers to assessment, psychometric properties, clinical judgment, disciplinary differences
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Judgment, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Physician's Role, Physicians, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Logistic Models, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Evidence-Based Medicine, Comprehension
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