title: Construct validity of the Experiences of Therapy Questionnaire (ETQ).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Experiences of Therapy Questionnaire (ETQ) is a reliable measure of adverse effects associated with psychotherapy. The measure has not been subject to validity analyses. This study sought to examine the validity of the ETQ by comparison against a measure of therapist satisfaction.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were recruited from the Black Dog Institute's website and completed all measures online, at two time points (two weeks apart). Correlational analyses compared scale scores on the ETQ with related constructs of the Therapist Satisfaction Scale (TSS). To exclude any impact of current depression on ratings, we examined correlations between salient ETQ and TSS scales after controlling for depression severity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-six participants completed all the measures at both time points. Hypothesised associations between the ETQ and TSS scales were supported, irrespective of current depression severity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The validity of the ETQ is supported; however limitations of the study are noted, including generalizability due to sample characteristics.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. g.parker@unsw.edu.au.|Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia. g.parker@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. amelia.paterson@unsw.edu.au.|Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia. amelia.paterson@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.affiliation: School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. k.fletcher@unsw.edu.au.|Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia. k.fletcher@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.affiliation: School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. g.mcclure@unsw.edu.au.|Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia. g.mcclure@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McClure
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. mikebe@barwonhealth.org.au.|Orygen Research Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. mikebe@barwonhealth.org.au.|Mental Health Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. mikebe@barwonhealth.org.au.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult