@article{cipolletta_validation_2024,

title = {Validation of the Italian Version of the Telepresence in Videoconference Scale (TVS) in a Sample of Psychologists and Psychotherapists During the COVID-19 Pandemic},

author = {S. Cipolletta and S. Tomaino and S. Bouchard and M. Berthiaume and G. Manzoni},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85195533802&doi=10.1002%2fcpp.3015&partnerID=40&md5=255de2597dc6747136150f331ae970ab},

doi = {10.1002/cpp.3015},

issn = {10633995 (ISSN)},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

journal = {Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy},

volume = {31},

number = {3},

abstract = {Objective: Telepresence may play a fundamental role in establishing authentic interactions and relationships in online psychological interventions and can be measured by the Telepresence in Videoconference Scale (TVS), which was validated only with patients to date. This post hoc study aimed to validate the Italian version of the TVS with mental health professionals. Method: The Italian TVS was included in an online survey, whose primary aim was to assess the experiences of Italian psychologists and psychotherapists with online interventions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and was filled in by 296 participants (83.4% females, mean age = 42 years old). Results: Exploratory factor analysis supported the original factor structure only partially because the scale ‘Absorption’ (i.e., the feeling of losing track of time), as it was formulated, did not measure telepresence. Correlations were also explored between the TVS scales and some survey items pertaining to intimacy and emotional closeness to patients, comfort and positive as well as negative experiences with online interventions. Conclusion: The TVS may be a useful tool to measure physical and social telepresence in online interventions, both in patients and in professionals. © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.},

note = {Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd},

keywords = {adult, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, female, human, Humans, Italy, male, Middle Aged, online psychological interventions, pandemic, Pandemics, procedures, psychology, Psychometrics, psychometry, psychotherapist, Psychotherapists, psychotherapy, questionnaire, reproducibility, Reproducibility of Results, SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Surveys and Questionnaires, Telemedicine, telepresence, Validation, videoconference, videoconferencing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{monthuy-blanc_factors_2013,

title = {Factors influencing mental health providers’ intention to use telepsychotherapy in First Nations communities},

author = {J. Monthuy-Blanc and S. Bouchard and C. Maïano and M. Séguin},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84878954346&doi=10.1177%2f1363461513487665&partnerID=40&md5=2701c381c18ce43b2b834d90094141b4},

doi = {10.1177/1363461513487665},

issn = {13634615 (ISSN)},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-01-01},

journal = {Transcultural Psychiatry},

volume = {50},

number = {2},

pages = {323–343},

abstract = {Telemental health is the use of information and communications technologies and broadband networks to deliver mental health services and support wellness. Although numerous studies have demonstrated the efficiency and utility of telemental health, certain barriers may impede its implementation, including the attitudes of mental health service providers. The current study draws on the technology acceptance model (TAM) to understand the role of mental health service providers’ attitudes and perceptions of telemental health (psychotherapy delivered via videoconferencing) on their intention to use this technology with their patients. A sample of 205 broadly defined mental health service providers working on 32 First Nations reserves in the province of Quebec completed the questionnaire adapted to assess TAM for telepsychotherapy. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling provided evidence for the factor validity and reliability of the TAM in this sample. The key predictor of the intention to use telepsychotherapy was not mental health providers’ attitude toward telepsychotherapy, nor how much they expected this service to be complicated to use, but essentially how useful they expect it to be for their First Nations patients. If telemental health via videoconferencing is to be implemented in First Nations communities, it is essential to thoroughly demonstrate its utility to mental health providers. Perceived usefulness will have a positive impact on attitudes toward this technology, and perceived ease of use will positively influence perceived usefulness. Cultural issues specific to the populations receiving telemental health services may be more efficiently addressed from the angle of perceived usefulness. © 2013, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.},

keywords = {Aboriginal communities, adult, article, Attitude of Health Personnel, female, First Nations, health care personnel, health personnel attitude, human, Humans, Indians, Indigenous peoples, male, mental health service, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, North American, perception, psychotherapy, Quebec, questionnaire, reliability, structural equation modeling, technology acceptance model, Telemedicine, telepsychotherapy, validity, videoconference, videoconferencing, Young Adult},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}