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Objectives. - Studies have shown that negative attitudes on the part of mental health professionals are often held toward people suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD). These negative attitudes heighten the risk of stigmatization and rejection of these patients. Many publications have focused on the clinicians%26apos; %26quot; attitudes toward patients with personality disorders, and on the development of questionnaires meant to assess these attitudes. While some of these questionnaires have used semistructured interviews in a qualitative framework, others have resorted to quantitative questionnaires. However, only one of these instruments has been developed with the specific purpose of evaluating the clinicians%26apos; attitudes toward patients with BPD. The existing measures, developed in English, were validated among clinicians working outside Quebec. The present study exposes a factor analysis and preliminary validation of a French language instrument specifically designed to measure mental health professionals%26apos; attitudes toward patients with BPD. %26lt;br%26gt;Method. - A multidimensional and attitudinal model was chosen for the development of the scale. Twenty items were elaborated by Bouchard and grouped into four different scales: Negative attitudes (four items), Positive attitudes (five items), Caretaking necessity (five items), and False perceptions about BPD (six items). A total of 416 mental health professionals completed the questionnaire. Demographic data is available for 236 participants (178 women): mean age is 42, 1 year and 70% are university graduates. %26lt;br%26gt;Results. - Preliminary factor analysis confirmed the existence of two main factors. The scales Positive attitudes and Negative attitude were grouped into factor 1, which was labelled Comfort when interacting with someone who has BPD. The items associated with the scales Caretaking necessity and False perceptions about BPD were grouped into factor 2, labelled Positives perceptions about BPD. The internal consistency indexes of the scale as well as the two distinct factors are satisfactory. Linear regressions were computed in order to assess whether sex, age, and level of education of participants are good predictors for the total score of the scale but the results are not significant; thee variables are not good predictors for the total score of the scale. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusion. - Results constitute a first step toward the validation of a measure of the attitudes towards people with a diagnosis of BPD. The instrument could be also used to assess the effect of training workshops aimed to change mental health professionals%26apos; attitudes toward this clinical population.
- 出版日期2014-8
