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March 10, 2026Implementation Science CommunicationsOpen Access

Evidence-based practice attitude scale for Latinx mental health professionals: a novel application of confirmatory factor analysis

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NGNatalia Giraldo-SantiagoJHJulián M. Hernández-TorresDMDaniel McNeish

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Overview

Demonstrates the psychometric properties of EBPAS in Latinx mental health professionals, suggesting its applicability.

Key Points

  • The study aims to validate the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS) for Latinx mental health professionals to assess their attitudes towards evidence-based practices.
  • Administered a tailored 15-item EBPAS scale to 222 Puerto Rican mental health professionals.
  • Conducted Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to examine psychometric properties of the scale.
  • Specified first and second-order factor models and evaluated model fit using RStudio software.
  • CFA supported a first-order factor model for the EBPAS.
  • Subscales exhibited strong reliability coefficients ranging from 0.83 to 0.91, except for the divergence subscale at 0.77.
  • A correlated factor model showed satisfactory fit despite some misspecification.

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Giraldo-Santiago et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69af94fa70916d39fea4c1eahttps://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-025-00846-2
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