title: The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Beliefs, Goals, and Practices Scale: sensitivity to change.
abstract: This study evaluated the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Beliefs, Goals, and Practices Scale's (PRBGP) sensitivity to change. A training curriculum in the current principles and practices of Psychiatric Rehabilitation was given to 301 practitioners in Pennsylvania. Participants completed the PRBGP Scale prior to and immediately following the two-day, twelve-hour training workshop. The training curriculum was expected to convey a substantial amount of information to these participants. The comparison between the pre-training and post-training PRBGP Scale scores of the participants found a significant and substantial difference. The PRBGP Scale reflected the expected changes in the participants' information levels. This study concluded that the PRBGP Scale was sensitive to change, and it provided a reliable and valid means of assessing the effectiveness of educational curricula in psychiatric rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA. ecasper@nyc.rr.com
authors.forename: Edward S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Casper
authors.forename: Janice D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Oursler
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007325:Institutional Practice; D007858:Learning; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*