title: The Self-focused Practice Questionnaire (SfPQ): Preliminary Psychometric Properties of a Measure of Therapist Self-focused Practice.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Therapist self-practice, in its various forms, is common across therapeutic modalities, but a measure of its impact on participants does not yet exist.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This paper describes the development and reliability testing of the 'Self-focused Practice Questionnaire' (SfPQ), a measure of self-perceived impact of one's self-focused practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), internal consistency and reliability were assessed in a convenience sample of 112 trainee therapists.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five factors, rating impacts on therapist Personal-self (Awareness of Developmental experiences, Experience of Personal Change and Felt-sense/Self-awareness), and Therapist-self (Internalization of the Model, and Development of Empathy) were identified, with good internal consistency and acceptable to good test-retest reliability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Though more work is needed, these preliminary results support the SfPQ's reliability and validity. The SfPQ is an important measure, which may enhance routine rating of self-focused practice in training institutions.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine,Trinity College Dublin,Ireland.
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chigwedere
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine,Trinity College Dublin,Ireland.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fitzmaurice
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology,National University of Ireland,Galway,Ireland.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Donohoe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011584:Psychology / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Self-practice/self-reflection; exploratory factor analysis; personal training-therapy; questionnaire development; reliability; validity