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Jennifer M Doran1, Jeremy D Safran1, J Christopher Muran2
1Department of Psychology, The New School for Social Research.
The Alliance Negotiation Scale (ANS) demonstrates strong psychometric properties for measuring psychotherapy process. This new scale enhances understanding of therapeutic negotiation and alliance dynamics.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychotherapy Research
Background:
- The working alliance is crucial in psychotherapy outcomes.
- Existing measures like the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) may not fully capture negotiation dynamics.
- The Alliance Negotiation Scale (ANS) was developed to address these limitations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the utility and psychometric properties of the Alliance Negotiation Scale (ANS).
- To confirm the factor structure, internal consistency, and construct validity of the ANS.
- To extend the understanding of negotiation within the therapeutic alliance.
Main Methods:
- Psychometric evaluation of the ANS.
- Confirmatory factor analysis to assess the scale's structure.
- Internal consistency and construct validity analyses, including convergent and divergent validity with related scales.
Main Results:
- The study confirmed the factor structure of the ANS.
- The ANS demonstrated good internal consistency and construct validity.
- Findings support the ANS as a reliable measure of psychotherapy process and negotiation.
Conclusions:
- The Alliance Negotiation Scale (ANS) is a psychometrically sound instrument for assessing psychotherapy process.
- The ANS provides valuable insights into therapeutic negotiation and its relationship with other alliance variables.
- This research supports the use of the ANS to advance psychotherapy research and practice.
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