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The view of clinical psychology students on compassion and technology: a focus group study on blended care in mental health care

Meijerink, Max (2022) The view of clinical psychology students on compassion and technology: a focus group study on blended care in mental health care.

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Abstract:Objective: The exploration of compassion in the context of technology in mental health is relevant, since compassion is a useful construct which could be applied across domains of interest Therefore, analyzing the attitudes of clinical psychology students regarding hypothetical situations is a novel way to explore the role of compassion and technology in mental health care. The aim of the present study was to derive attitudes from clinical psychology students on the role of compassion and technology in mental health. The research questions explored are research question 1: What are the expectations of clinical psychology students on the role of technology in mental healthcare? And research question 2: What are the attitudes of clinical psychology students regarding the role of compassion in technology? Method: The study was conducted on clinical psychology students in two separate focus groups (n=2 and n=2). Results: Via thematic analysis five themes were constructed related to compassion and technology: technology in mental health, recognizing suffering, empathy, tolerating uncomfortable feelings and motivation to alleviate suffering. Conclusion: Overall, clinical psychology students have comparable notions of the examples, roles and integration of technology in the field of mental health, to that of professionals in the field of mental health.
Item Type:Essay (Bachelor)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:77 psychology
Programme:Psychology BSc (56604)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/92835
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