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Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale

To be completed by Clinicians, Recovery Specialists and Substance Abuse Specialists

What team do you work for?
What is your position within your team?
Please rate the following statements using the scale below:

0 - Not at All
1 - To a Slight Extent
2 - To A Moderate Extent
3 - To a Great Extent
4 - To a Very Great Extent

Aarons, G.A. (2004). Mental Health Provider Attitudes Toward Adoption of Evidence-Based Practice: The Evidence-Based practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS). Mental Health Services Research, 6(2), 61-74.
0 - Not at All
1 - To a Slight Extent
2 - To a Moderate Extent
3 - To a Great Extent
4 - To a Very Great Extent
1.  I like to use new types of therapy/interventions to help my clients.
2.  I am willing to try new types of therapy/interventions even if I have to follow a treatment manual.
3.  I know better than academic researchers how to care for my clients.
4.  I am willing to use new and different types of therapy/interventions developed by researchers.
5.  Research based treatments/interventions are not clinically useful.
6.  Clinical experience is more important than using manualized therapy/interventions.
7.  I would not use manualized therapy/interventions.
8.  I would try a new therapy/intervention even if it were very different from what I am used to doing.
9.  If you received training in a therapy or intervention that was new to you, how likely would you be to adopt it if it was intuitively appealing?
10.  If you received training in a therapy or intervention that was new to you, how likely would you be to adopt it if it "made sense" to you?
11.  If you received training in a therapy or intervention that was new to you, how likely would you be to adopt it if it was required by your supervisor?
12.  If you received training in a therapy or intervention that was new to you, how likely would you be to adopt it if it was required by your agency?
13.  If you received training in a therapy or intervention that was new to you, how likely would you be to adopt it if it was required by your state?
14.  If you received training in a therapy or intervention that was new to you, how likely would you be to adopt it if it was being used by colleagues who were happy with it?
15.  If you received training in a therapy or intervention that was new to you, how likely would you be to adopt it if you felt you had enough training to use it correctly?