Social-Cognitive Determinants of Outside Therapy: A Behavior Change Intervention Among Dutch Mental Health-Care Practitioners
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2022-07-22
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Because of the proposed beneficial effects of green outside spaces on client’s as well as
practitioner’s (mental) health (Houlden et al., 2018; Twohig-Bennett & Jones, 2018) the
initiative Groene GGZ [Green Mental Health Care] by NatureForHealth (NFH) and Instituut
voor Natuureducatie (IVN) facilitates outside treatment. Interviews with professionals from
the field however showed that there are only little practitioners who go outside with their
clients yet. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate the underlying psychological
processes that lead to a therapist (not) going outside with their client. Additionally, it aimed to
develop an evidence-based flyer to increase outside treatment in mental health care
practitioners. Two studies were conducted. Study 1 investigated the value of the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT; Bandura, 1986, 2001) as a framework of the underlying
psychological processes and the association between outside treatment and subjective
wellbeing. Study 2 tested the effectiveness of the designed flyer. While associations between
outside treatment and the SCT variables were found, subjective wellbeing was found not to be
associated with outside treatment in Study 1. Study 2 obtained a low sample size and was not
able to indicate the effectiveness of the designed flyer. However, the present research is the
first to investigate underlying psychological processes that lead to a therapist (not) going
outside with their client. Ample directions for future research in the domain of behavior
change as well as wellbeing research were highlighted.
Keywords: Mental health-care practitioners, Outside treatment, Social-Cognitive
Theory, Behavior change, Wellbeing
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen