Comparative Psychotherapy Process Scale (CPPS): analysis of the validity and reliability of its adaptation into Spanish / Escala Comparativa del Proceso Psicoterapéutico (CPPS): análisis de la validez y confiablidad de su adaptación al castellano

GÓMEZ PENEDO, JUAN MARTÍN; BARRIENTOS, JUAN CARLOS; MARTINEZ ARIANA; ANDRÉS J. ROUSSOS

Estudios de Psicología

Rutledge, Taylor & Francis

Año: 2016 p. 1 - 2

0210-9395

The study of psychotherapeutic interventions and their link withprocess and outcome variables has become a popular topic of great interest inpsychotherapy research. This paper presents the adaptation into Spanish of theComparative Psychotherapy Process Scale (CPPS), a 20-item scale that measuresthe degree to which therapists use Cognitive-Behavioural orPsychoanalytic-Interpersonal interventions. A hundred and one therapists(50 cognitive-behavioural and 51 psychoanalytic) completed the CPPS forthe last patient they had treated. In a second sample of 15 patient-therapistdyads, both participants completed the CPPS regarding the same session. Thesubsequent analyses showed preliminary evidence of reliability (internal consistencyand homogeneity) and validity (of construct and criterion) in theadaptation of the CPPS to Spanish. The implications of having a scale of thesecharacteristics in Spanish and future lines of research are discussed.