Recovery-Oriented Services and The Provider-Consumer Relationship: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Of Community Mental Health Care Providers In Virginia
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Using a sample of 105 community mental health providers in seven agencies in Virginia, the present study examined the relative contribution participants' individual characteristics, perceived job demands, and self-reported provider-consumer relationship variables in accounting for variation in providers reports of agency recovery-orientation, personal growth, and job satisfaction.Findings suggested no significant differences of providers' reports of perceived agency recovery-orientation, personal growth, or reported job satisfaction as a function of the professional role of mental health providers or the mental health agency in which they worked.Findings in the present research study suggested that the provider-consumer relationship variables of working alliance and benevolent coercion techniques are the strongest predictors of perceived agency recovery-orientation, personal growth, and job satisfaction.Specifically, these effects emerged when controlling for providers' individual demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender) and perceived job demand characteristics (e.g., caseload size).Implications of study findings for research and clinical practice are discussed.
Author: Lawrence A. Osborn
Institution: Bowling Green State University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2192310698