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    • Psychology
    • Psychotherapy Research
    • Psychoanalysis

    Background:

    • Therapeutic alliance is crucial for psychotherapy outcomes.
    • Patient's internal world, or object relations, may influence alliance formation.
    • The Mutuality of Autonomy (MOA) Scale assesses object relations functioning.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the relationship between pretreatment object relations functioning and patient-rated therapeutic alliance.
    • To explore how object relations influence the utilization of psychodynamic techniques.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized the Mutuality of Autonomy (MOA) Scale to measure pretreatment object relations.
    • Assessed patient-rated therapeutic alliance using alliance Bond scores.
    • Correlated MOA scores with alliance scores and the use of specific psychodynamic techniques.

    Main Results:

    • A significant relationship was found between MOA scores and patient-rated alliance Bond scores.
    • Lower MOA scores (more adaptive object relations) were associated with a stronger therapeutic alliance.
    • Higher MOA scores (more malevolent object relations) correlated with increased use of psychodynamic techniques focusing on relational patterns.

    Conclusions:

    • Pretreatment object relations functioning is a significant predictor of the therapeutic alliance.
    • Understanding patient object relations can inform therapeutic technique selection in psychodynamic therapy.
    • Findings have implications for clinical practice and future research on therapeutic relationships.