Validation of the intersession alliance measure: Individual, couple, and family versions.

Autor: Anderson SR; School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA., Johnson LN; School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA., Witting AB; School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA., Miller RB; School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA., Bradford AB; School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA., Hunt QA; School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA., Bean RA; School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of marital and family therapy [J Marital Fam Ther] 2024 Jul; Vol. 50 (3), pp. 589-610. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 03.
DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12702
Abstrakt: Monitoring the therapeutic alliance throughout treatment can improve client outcomes and lead to improved care. The individual, couple, and family versions of the intersession alliance measure (IAM) were developed to facilitate routine monitoring of the expanded therapeutic alliance. Psychometric properties of the three versions of the IAM were examined using a clinical sample. Participants were drawn from clinics in the United States participating in the Marriage and Family Therapy Practice Research Network. Using this sample, results indicate that items on each version of the IAM load on one factor, are invariant across sex, and that each version has good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent validity. The IAM-C and IAM-F also have good predictive validity, while the IAM-I has more limited evidence for its predictive validity. These results suggest that the IAMs are valid and reliable measures that can facilitate the routine monitoring of the expanded therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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