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Role perceptions in a community mental health setting.

H Harari, K Hosey, P Sheedy

    Journal of Community Psychology
    |September 9, 1979
    PubMed
    Summary

    Community mental health programs utilize nonprofessional therapists, but their perceived importance differs. Professionals and children accurately valued therapeutic roles, while nonprofessionals overestimated their contribution, suggesting a need for targeted training.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Community Mental Health
    • Therapeutic Relationships

    Background:

    • The integration of nonprofessional personnel into community mental health services is a growing trend, sparking debate regarding their efficacy compared to professional therapists.
    • Existing comparative studies may be insufficient, necessitating alternative research approaches to understand the dynamics of professional and nonprofessional roles.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the perceived importance of therapeutic relationship aspects among professional therapists, nonprofessional therapists, and child clients in a community mental health setting.
    • To test hypotheses regarding self-perception of role importance and client valuation of different therapist types.

    Main Methods:

    • A role perception procedure was utilized with three groups: professional therapists, nonprofessional therapists, and children-clients.

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  • Participants (11 per group) from a community mental health program ranked therapeutic relationship aspects by importance for client improvement.

    • Main Results:

    • Professional therapists and children-clients accurately perceived the importance of their respective roles, supporting two hypotheses.
    • Contrary to expectations, nonprofessional therapists significantly overestimated their own role importance.
    • An additional analysis revealed that inexperienced nonprofessionals did not exhibit this overestimation.

    Conclusions:

    • Nonprofessional therapists' overestimation of their role importance highlights a potential gap in self-awareness compared to professionals and clients.
    • The findings suggest that specific training interventions may be beneficial for nonprofessional personnel to align their role perception with actual impact.
    • The study underscores the complexity of evaluating nonprofessional roles and points towards tailored training as a key factor for effective integration in mental health care.