Development of an Acceptability Measure of Psychedelic-Assisted Interventions for Adults Including an Experimental Video Intervention

Nitz, Bente Levin (2024) Development of an Acceptability Measure of Psychedelic-Assisted Interventions for Adults Including an Experimental Video Intervention. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.

Text BL-Nitz-Bachelor-Thesis.pdf Restricted to Repository staff only Download (845kB)

Abstract

New treatments are necessary to respond to the growing impact of mental disorders on people's lives and healthcare systems. Acceptability is an essential component of feasibility studies for novel healthcare interventions because they must be suitable for practitioners and recipients (Bowen et al., 2009). This thesis discusses the development of the Acceptability of Psychedelic-assisted Interventions and Psychedelic-assisted Neurofeedback questionnaire. It aims to answer the question of how to test the acceptability of psychedelic-assisted therapy and psychedelic-assisted neurofeedback for the general adult public including a video intervention in four languages. Multiple relevant factors influencing acceptability are considered, particularly demographics, (sub-)clinical symptoms, prior knowledge, personal experience, personality traits: openness and neuroticism, and an educational video. The questionnaire includes a pre-post measure of acceptability with the educational video as an intervention. Two possible statistical analyses are described to highlight potential results of the questionnaire. The present study serves as an important step toward systematically measuring the acceptability of psychedelic-assisted interventions. The scales and video developed can be used in future research after being psychometrically evaluated and revised. Keywords: Acceptability, Psychedelic-assisted Therapy, Psychedelic-assisted Neurofeedback, Questionnaire Development, Educational Video

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor)
Supervisor name:	Enriquez Geppert, S.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	None [Bachelor Psychology]
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2024 13:57
Last Modified:	17 Jul 2024 13:57
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3953

Actions (login required)

View Item