Adaptation of Milwaukee Psychotherapy Expecta-tions Scale into Turkish: Validity and Reliability Study
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Milwaukee Psychotherapy Expectations Questionnaire (MPEQ). 328 adult individuals (248 females, 80 males) participated in the study. The construct validity of the scale was tested by confirmatory factor analysis. In order to test the convergent validity, the correlations with Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help and Thoughts About Psychotherapy were examined. The reliability of the scale was calculated by internal consistency and test-retest methods. As a result of the factor analysis, MPEQ was formed a two-factor structure, namely, process expectations and outcome expectations similar to the original scale. The process and outcome expectations subscale were found to be positively correlated with Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale and negatively correlated with Thougts About Psychotherapy Survey. The internal consistency coefficient of the process subscale of the scale was .84, and the test-retest reliability coefficient was .82. The internal subscale coefficient of the scale was .88 and the test-retest reliability coefficient was .76. It was determined that MPEQ is a valid and reliable tool that can be used to measure the psychotherapy expectations of Turkish individuals.
Keywords
Psychotherapy,Psychotherapy expectations,Validity,Reliability
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