开发和心理测量验证一种用于测量"迷幻准备"的新型尺度
Rosalind G McAlpine1, George Blackburne2,3, Sunjeev K Kamboj2
1Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK. rosalind.mcalpine.18@ucl.ac.uk.
Scientific reports
|February 9, 2024
概括
开发并验证了一种新的迷幻准备度表 (PPS),以评估参与者对迷幻体验的准备程度. 该PPS预测心理健康结果,有助于安全和有益的迷幻药使用.
科学领域:
- 心理药理学 心理药理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
背景情况:
- 参与者的准备对于安全有效的迷幻体验至关重要.
- 目前,没有有效的工具来衡量心理准备.
- 这种差距限制了优化试验前协议的能力.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证迷幻准备度表 (PPS).
- 评估PPS在迷幻药使用者的心理测量特性.
- 评估PPS对心理健康结果的预测效用.
主要方法:
- 代的德尔菲重点小组方法 (DelFo) 和定性访谈,以生成规模项目.
- 在两个大型网络样本 (N=516;N=716) 中进行心理测量验证.
- 探索和确认因素分析确定了四个因素:知识-期望,意图-准备,心理准备和支持计划.
主要成果:
- 20项PPS显示出出色的可靠性 (ω=0.954).
- 获得了对收,分歧和歧视有效性的证据.
- 较高的PPS分数预测了更好的心理健康和福祉后的心理体验结果.
结论:
- PPS是心理准备的可靠和有效衡量标准.
- 这种尺度对在迷幻体验后的心理健康结果具有预测效用.
- 该PPS可以帮助识别个人充分准备用于迷幻药的使用,潜在地增强好处,并尽量减少风险.
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