Questionnaire of Competencies for the Management of Spirituality in Psychotherapy: a pilot study with Brazilian psychotherapists
摘要
This article presents the construction process, evidence of content validity and initial evidence of psychometric validity of the Questionnaire of Competencies for the Clinical Management of Religiosity, Spirituality, Secularity and Anomalous Experiences in Psychotherapy (CRESEAP). The CRESEAP was developed to investigate the competencies of Brazilian psychotherapists for the clinical management of Religiosity/Spirituality dimension, Secularity and Anomalous Experiences. The process involved five stages: theoretical basis, construction of the preliminary version, analysis of the items by expert judges, semantic analysis of the items and pilot study. In its final version, the CRESEAP has 29 quantitative and four qualitative questions. Five factors were identified through Exploratory Factor Analysis: 1. Openness, acceptance and consideration of the topic in psychotherapy; 2. The spirituality of the psychotherapist in the therapeutic relationship; 3. Differential diagnosis; 4. Clinical investigation; and 5. Self-awareness. Furthermore, it presented evidence of content validity and initial evidence of psychometric validity. It is concluded that CRESEAP is the first Brazilian instrument on the subject, and it is expected to contribute to the Clinical area, especially to the practice of psychotherapists regarding the clinical management of issues of religiosity, spirituality, secularity and anomalous experiences. Furthermore, it is suggested that other studies on this instrument be carried out.