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Table 1. Characteristics of study participants Table 2. Participants’ communication skills scale scores
across different dimensions
Characteristic Frequency Percentage
Gender Dimension Score
Male 161 48.9 Media communication 47.5745±6.96078
Female 168 51.1 Empathy 54.1976±5.41907
Workplace Respect and authenticity 19.2827±1.75540
Psychiatric clinic 131 39.8 Social skills 53.8207±3.46429
Hospital 106 32.2 Total 174.8754±9.53202
School and rehabilitation centers 92 28.0 Note: Scores are presented as mean±standard deviation.
Specialization
Table 3. Participants’ self‑efficacy scale scores across
Clinical psychology 178 54.1
different dimensions
Psychological counseling 75 22.8
Mental health 76 23.1 Dimension Score
Experience Relational competence 14.0304±3.13015
<5 years 164 49.8 Communicative effectiveness 16.2340±3.49345
5 – 10 years 69 21.0 Psychological competence 12.5046±1.97565
More than 10 years 96 29.2 Clinical competence 20.4073±2.27488
Academic degree Influence regulation 7.9514±0.94872
Bachelor 207 62.9 Diagnostic skills 8.2036±2.28286
Postgraduate 122 37.1 Total 79.3313±6.24082
Note: Scores are presented as mean±standard deviation.

participants varied as follows: 131 (39.8%) participants clinical skills; the standard deviation implies limited
worked in psychiatric clinics, 106 (32.2%) in hospitals, variations in participant response. The second highest
and 92 (28.0%) in schools and rehabilitation centers. The mean score was obtained for communicative effectiveness
distribution of participants according to their specializations (16.2340 ± 3.49345), thus reflecting the importance
is as follows: 178 (54.1%) participants specialized in clinical of effective communication for treatment success; the
psychology, 75 (22.8%) in psychological counseling, and standard deviation implies a relative variation in this
76 (23.1%) in mental health. Among them, 164 (49.8%) domain between psychotherapists. The lowest mean score
participants had <5 years of experience, 69 (21.0%) had was reported for diagnostic skills (8.2036 ± 2.28286),
5 – 10 years of experience, and 96 (29.2%) had more prompting further improvements compared to the other
than 10 years of experience. In addition, 207 participants dimensions. The overall score of the self-efficacy scale was
received a bachelor’s degree (62.9%), whereas 122 (37.1%) 79.3313 ± 6.24092, reflecting a good level of efficacy with
participants had a postgraduate degree. some variation among the participants.
From the CSS results (Table 2), the highest mean score Table 4 evaluates the prediction of psychological
was observed for empathy (54.1976 ± 5.41907), indicating service quality from the psychotherapists’ perspectives.
that participants have a high level of ability to understand The TRIPOD checklist was also reviewed to verify that
and respond to patients’ emotions. The second highest all essential components for predictive model reporting
mean score was social skills (53.8207 ± 3.46429), suggesting were adequately addressed in the presentation of results.
good interaction and positive relationships with patients. Psychotherapist competence displayed a coefficient R of
In contrast, respect and authenticity had the lowest mean 0.126, which indicates a weak correlation, and a specific
score (19.2827 ± 1.75540), indicating consistent responses correlation coefficient, R2 of 0.016, which corroborates
but also highlighting the need to strengthen this dimension. the observed variance between the dependent and
The overall score of the scale was 174.8754 ± 9.53202; this independent variables. The high standard error (1.050)
reflects a positive general assessment of communication and F-statistic (1.382) confirmed that the model is weak.
skills, with a minor variation among the participants. The low R -value (0.016) suggests that the independent
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From the self-efficacy scale results (Table 3), the highest variables have poor predictive ability, and the high
mean score was observed for clinical competence (20.4073 p-value (0.388) indicates non-significance. Overall, the
± 2.27488), indicating that psychotherapists possess strong model (psychotherapist competence) is not applicable

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